Anyone who has been to Russia knows how deep their problems run. Just yesterday a great Russian hero died. His name is Alexander Solzhenitsyn, a former WWII Captain of the Soviet Army who went on to become the Nobel prize-winning chronicler of the horrors of the Soviet gulag system. Read his story here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080804/ap_on_re_eu/solzhenitsyn_life_of_dissent
Александр Исаевич Солженицын
Rest In Peace
1918-2008
In his memoriam, please support Catholic missions in the Russian Federation:
www.vladmission.org .
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thanks for posting this...a day in the life of ivan denisovich is one of my favorite russian lit reads...may the perpetual light shine upon him.
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