Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn returns to Russia

Title

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn returns to Russia

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:02:36

Description

Report on the departure from the USA back to the Soviet Union of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the reclusive Russian writer who made the world aware of the Soviet labour camp system. Shopkeeper Joe Allen of Cavendish, Vermont describes the low key presence of Solzhenitsyn whilst he lived there. Russian analyst Peter Reddaway on the issues around the re-entry into Russia for the writer after 20 years of exile. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Joe Allen; Peter Reddaway

Keywords

Authors; USA; Exiles; USSR; Political dissenters; Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn; Vermont; Cavendish

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