Margo Caulfield introducing the Cavendish Historical Society's Exhibit on Solzhenitsyn

The Cavendish Historical Society Museum hosts an exhibit on Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, which will become a permanent exhibit. 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of Solzhenitsyn's birth; in commemoration of this, the State of Vermont issued a proclamation in his name, observing the author's life work, which included living and writing in exile from the Soviet Union / Russia, in Cavendish. Margo Caulfield from the Historical Society gives us the summary of Solzhenitsyn's life & work, as portrayed through the museum's exhibit. She also discusses the children's book she authored about Solzhenitsyn.

"My First Days in the West"

The September issue of Commentary excerpts the first few pages of Between Two Millstones, Book 1, forthcoming from Notre Dame in October. These pages, written in 1978, pick up where The Oak and the Calf leaves off, beginning with Solzhenitsyn’s expulsion to West Germany on February 13, 1974.

Post-Communist Russia Is Not the Soviet Union

Over at Real Clear Politics, Daniel J. Mahoney writes perceptively about today’s Russia.

Solzhenitsyn Remembered at Donskoi Monastery

What Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Can Tell Us About Truth

Matthew Janney at Culturetrip on Solzhenitsyn and objective truth.

“Friday, 3 August 2018 marks the 10th anniversary of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s death. At a time when alternative facts and fake news are commonplace in public discourse, the Russian writer’s commitment to objectivity is a refreshing reminder of the existence of truth.”