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On the occasion of his return to the country from which he was expelled for twenty years, Russia's greatest living writer gives us a succinct and impassioned impression of his beliefs and hopes for his homeland. Beginning with an overview of the last five hundred years of Russian history, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn highlights his country's accomplishments and mistakes, analyzing the disaster of the Soviet years and painting a brutally vivid picture of the current state of affairs. Although he sees Russia in moral, economic, and social disarray, he also sees the possibility of a way out for a new generation who, with a renewed understanding of their history, can surmount the obstacles of the day and create a just and independent society—a Russian future. "The Russian Question" speaks not only to Russians, whose destiny Solzhenitsyn has returned to share, but also to the Western world that received him in exile, awarded him a Nobel Prize, and made him one of the most widely read writers of our time. Written several years before Solzhenitsyn returned home to Russia, this essay traces the impact of both the Romanov dynasty and 70 years of Communism on the Russian people--a masterful historical analysis, which imparts an urgent social message.
