The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solchenitsyn
On Story Telling.
Background –
For those that don't know, this book single handedly accounts the actions of the USSR and specifically Stalin and the Russian KGB against their own people in the years leading to, during and post WW2.
As an author, Aleksandr was placed into a Gulag labour camp system for a period of 8 years after fighting for Russia in WW2. His crime was simply questioning the strategy of his supreme leader in a private letter that was sent to a friend and opened by the Russian intelligence service.
The book –
The nature of his Book and the information within it, was of great concern to the KGB who subsequently attempted to silence the author through assassination and intimidation. After spending several years in hiding in order to finish the book, Aleksandr lived, so that the stories of so many could do the same.
The author's bravery, tenaciousness and cunning through surviving not only the Gulag but also the KGB lead to the entirety of the Western World understanding the tyranny associated with Soviet Communism and gave a voice to those who nefariously lost their lives in concentration camps.
Result –
Today as history seems to take place, I'm glad to know someone who very much reminds me of my favourite author and historical figure. Hell, he even looks like Aleksandr.
@willy.beating.cancer Thank you for telling the story of those who have no voice and reminding us all the importance of story telling and following your heart.
Don't let history forget about the Ukranian and Russian people on the ground as history rhymes once more.
