Farewell, Solzhenitsyn
My translation of the piece:-
“Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Nobel Prize winner and one whom the Russians honor as ‘the Prophet’, passed away on August 3 at the age of 89. This old gentleman lived an afflicted life – he had gone to prison because of his judgmental stance on real life, had suffered from cancer and been exiled from his own country. But he always…
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