Gulag Archipelago Quotes

Gulag Archipelago Quotes

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Why is its Nobel Prize credentials not listed in the article?

"Gulag" is the Russian word for prison, and an archipelago is, of course, a chain of islands. The idea behind this is that the Soviet concentration camp system under Lenin and Stalin were like an island of prisons spread all over the Soviet Union. the acronym is derived from

as if the point was REFORM WORK

Would anyone be opposed to a mention of two comments that Solzhenitsyn made to Bertrand Russell within this book somewhere in this article? We're looking for a place to put a snippet of important content that got placed into another article that may or may not belong there. Thanks. KC9CQJ 06:05, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The Gulag Archipelago contains two reference spoken dirently to the Russell War Crimes Tribunal. They belong on the Russell Tribunal page. Any assisitance readers of this page can give on the Russell Talk page will would be appreciated.

Like Bertrand Russell in 1950, Alexander Solzhenitsyn was recognized Nobel Laureate in Literature for 1974 after the The Gulag Archipelago had been published in the West. The following two passages were written contemporaneously to the Russell tribunal proceedings.

English translation (by Harry Willetts, Harper & Row 1976):

"Say there, Bertrand Russell's War Crimes Tribunal! Why don’t you use this bit of material? Or doesn’t it suit you?" Vol. I, Part I, chap. 2, p. 537.

"Attention, Bertrand Russell and Jean-Paul Sartre, with your War Crimes Tribunal! Attention, philosophers, here's material for you! Why not hold a session? They can't hear me...." Vol. III, Part V, chap. 12, p. 328. Russian text:

"Эй, "Трибунал Военных Преступлений" Бертрана Рассела! Что же вы, что ж вы материальчик не берете?! Аль вам не подходит?". "Эй, "Трибунал Военных Преступлений" Бертрана Рассела и Жана Поля Сартра! Эй, философы! Матерьял-то какой! Отчего не заседаете? Не слышат..." nobs


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