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“I would rather have the United States as the world's policeman than the Soviet Union as the world's jailer.”

Quote by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, a Russian novelist, was born on December 11, 1918, and died on August 3, 2008. He is renowned for his works that profoundly exposed the dark side of the Soviet political system and is considered one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. more

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Book:INSIDE RUSSIA TODAY

Source: INSIDE RUSSIA TODAY