Solzhenitsyn: The Historical-Spiritual Destinies of Russia and the West

by Lee Congdon

Book Overview

In this examination of Solzhenitsyn and his work, Lee Congdon explores the consequences of the atheistic socialism that drove the Russian revolutionary movement. Beginning with a description of the post-revolutionary Russia into which Solzhenitsyn was born, Congdon addresses the Bolshevik victory in the civil war, the origins of the concentration camp system, the Bolsheviks' war on Christianity and the Russian Orthodox Church, Solzhenitsyn's arrest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501755234
• ISBN13: 9781501755231
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher