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It had seemed an appropriate memorial. In August Russia's president, Dmitry Medvedev, named a street in Moscow after Alexander Solzhenitsyn, shortly after the writer's death at the age of 89. But the residents of AleksandrSolzhenitsyn Street have other ideas. Locals have waged a furious campaign against the name change, demanding the street revert to its old name of Big Communist...
According to WIkipedia: Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (December 11, 1918 – August 3, 2008) was a Russian novelist, dramatist and historian. Through his writings, he made the world aware of the Gulag, the Soviet Union’s forced labour camp system, and for these efforts Solzhenitsyn was exiled from the Soviet Union in 1974. He was awarded the Nobel [...]
I wanted to alert you to two upcoming Semicolon Author Celebrations. Next Thursday, the 11th, a week from today we’ll be celebrating AleksandrSolzhenitsyn, the Russian author who died earlier this year. If you post something about Mr. Solzhenitsyn or his work on the 11th, his birthday, or if you have posted about him in [...]
So we've come to the end of the Year of Our Lord 2008, and boy, what a fantastic year it was! Just kidding--2008 was horrible. Political scandal, economic collapse, racial progress, the death of the great Russian author AleksandrSolzhenitsyn ... There's no two ways about it--2008 really sucked. Admittedly, things haven't been going much better here at Yellow Chair Sports. Bucking the...
For some people, 2008 was the Year of the Crunch. The year that Lehmans finally fell, the year that fresh MBAs suddenly stopped wanting to work for investment banks. The year that stock markets crashed worldwide, property prices slid alarmingly and jobs disappeared. For some people, 2008 was the Year of the Change. The year that [...]
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... be celebrated but mourned when it is lost.And this year the world lost several inspired guides.AleksandrSolzhenitsyn, the Russian author who stood like a lighthouse against the tide of Soviet Communism, was a man with a fierce sense of morality. Like St. Jerome, he pulled no punches and he had a gift of language unparalleled in his time. He will be missed.The Maharishi Yogi, best...
... if a fairly large part of the nation wants it."At the top of the list was 13th-century prince Aleksandr Nevsky, who defeated German invaders, followed by Pyotr Stolypin, a prime minister in the early 20th century known for agrarian reforms and a clampdown on leftist revolutionaries.The project was launched in mid-June with a list of 50 historical figures selected from some 500 original ones....
It would seem an appropriate enough tribute to the late, legendary, anti-communist author AleksandrSolzhenitsyn to rename Moscow's Bolshaya Kommunistecheskaya Ulitsa (Big Communist Street) in his honor. But the street's residents aren't happy about the change and keep tearing the new sign down. When I was there, it was quite a surprise to me how many of Moscow's streets have kept their...
Gone But Not Forgotten finger puppets : Set includes: AleksandrSolzhenitsynJesse Helms Maharishi Maresh Yogi Yves Saint Laurent Charlton Heston Heath Ledger Via
NYC shop Moss has a novelty idea for those looking for the perfect gift: Gone But Not Forgotten finger puppets. The commemorative set includes knit versions of six well known names that died this year: AleksandrSolzhenitsyn, Jesse Helms, Maharishi Maresh Yogi, Yves Saint Laurent, Charlton Heston and Heath Ledger . The puppets portraying those who have passed on will go for 90 bucks,...
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Downtown shop Moss is selling a set of designer Gone But Not Forgotten finger puppets featuring the knitted likenesses of Charlton Heston, Heath Ledger, AleksandrSolzhenitsyn and other famous people who died in 2008. The $90 “Commemorative Finger Puppets of Six Who Passed On in 2008” was designed exclusively for Moss by Francesca Basilico, according to the Moss website. The full set...
For the puppet enthusiast who has everything, the "Gone But Not Forgotten" from NYC's Moss makes the perfect Christmas gift. The set of hand-crocheted finger puppets commemorating celebrities who died in 2008 includes AleksandrSolzhenitsyn, Jesse Helms, Maharishi Maresh Yogi, Yves Saint Laurent, Charlton Heston, and Heath Ledger. The set, designed by Francesca Basilico, costs $90. [...
... with renewed vigor. The happy gifts? I introduced myself to the likes of Italo Calvino, AleksandrSolzhenitsyn, Per Petterson, Mohandas Gandhi's autobiography, and I read an early Vladmir Nabokov title originally written in Russian and Albert Camus. I've got an Ismail Kadare title coming up that I can't wait for. But for this coming year, I'm going to step up my reading intentions....
