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Solzhenitsyn turns eighty amid fading influence in Russia
Alexander Solzhenitsyn marks his 80th birthday as Russia largely ignores him though his prior works on Soviet gulag life remain monumental. He visited the Swedish Embassy with Nobel laureates, plans to see a play based on The First Circle, and gazes back on a turbulent history while criticizing post-Soviet leaders.
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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Natalya
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Yegor Gaidar
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van Denisovich
Gulag
Josef Stalin