In the First World War, there was the sudden passion of nationalism, and the killing took place because of these emotions. But the Soviet case is different, because you had systematic murder, like the Holocaust.

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There is a lack of critical assessment of the past. But you have to understand...

There is a lack of critical assessment of the past. But you have to understand...

This is the most intimate relationship between literature and its readers: they treat the text...

This is the most intimate relationship between literature and its readers: they treat the text...

The extent of one man's guilt may be defined by how much of it is...

The extent of one man's guilt may be defined by how much of it is...

Amin hid nothing. Everybody knew everything. Yet the American Senate only introduced a resolution breaking...

Amin hid nothing. Everybody knew everything. Yet the American Senate only introduced a resolution breaking...

Underground literature only began in the '70s, when technical developments made it possible. Before that,...

Underground literature only began in the '70s, when technical developments made it possible. Before that,...

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The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and...

Readership was high, and very attentive. It was people's only source of knowledge about the...

Readership was high, and very attentive. It was people's only source of knowledge about the...

In order to feel contempt, you generally need to cherish some kind of feelings.

In order to feel contempt, you generally need to cherish some kind of feelings.

I remember that during the period leading up to independence in Angola in 1975, I...

I remember that during the period leading up to independence in Angola in 1975, I...

Amin is the shame of the whole world. The fact that he managed to rule...

Amin is the shame of the whole world. The fact that he managed to rule...

When man meets an obstacle he can't destroy, he destroys himself.

When man meets an obstacle he can't destroy, he destroys himself.

Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives.

Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives.

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There are several reasons why Russians view the oppressive state positively. First, in the Russian...

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The tradition of Russian literature is also an eastern tradition of learning poetry and prose...

In modern Russia, you have no official, formal assessment of this past. Nobody in any...

In modern Russia, you have no official, formal assessment of this past. Nobody in any...

There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian...

There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian...

Our salvation is in striving to achieve what we know we'll never achieve.

Our salvation is in striving to achieve what we know we'll never achieve.

I'm trying to put more elements of the essay into my writing.

I'm trying to put more elements of the essay into my writing.

My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like...

My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like...

He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire...

He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire...