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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

The Cold War was waged in a particularly brutal and cynical way in Africa, and...

The Cold War was waged in a particularly brutal and cynical way in Africa, and...

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

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 in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had...

I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had...

Money changes all the iron rules into rubber bands.

Money changes all the iron rules into rubber bands.

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...

Most correspondents came from the former colonial powers - there were British, French, and a...

Most correspondents came from the former colonial powers - there were British, French, and a...

When is a crisis reached? When questions arise that can't be answered.

When is a crisis reached? When questions arise that can't be answered.

In the Russian experience, although the Russian state is oppressive, it is their state, it...

In the Russian experience, although the Russian state is oppressive, it is their state, it...