Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a ceremony to unveil a monument to Soviet-era dissident and writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow.
RFE: Putin Hails Solzhenitsyn As ‘True Patriot’ On Centenary Of His Birth
MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin has praised late Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as a "true and real patriot" after unveiling a statue honoring the Nobel Prize-winning author in central Moscow.
Speaking at the unveiling ceremony marking the centenary of Solzhenitsyn's birth, Putin said on December 11 that even in exile, the author "did not allow anyone to talk dismissively and badly about his motherland."
"He stood up against any expression of Russophobia," said Putin, a former KGB officer.
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WNU Editor: I was originally not going to post anything on Russian writer, dissident, and Nobel Laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. He is no longer remembered in the West, and his works are regarded to be too deep and too long to be read. But he is not forgotten in Russia, and IMHO he will be remembered 100 years from now. Hat tip to reader James who did remember his 100th birthday.
Russian Writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Was Born 100 Years Ago
‘Men Have Forgotten God’: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s 1983 Templeton Address -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, National Review
The Writer Who Destroyed an Empire -- The New York Times
Solzhenitsyn at 100 -- Jack Fowler, National Review
My one day in the life of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn -- Marianna Hunt, The Guardian
