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From: weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener)
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Subject: Re: In the Name of God
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Date: Fri, 14-Mar-86 20:43:46 EST
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In article <9852@ucla-cs.ARPA> cs111olg@ucla-cs.UUCP (Oleg Kiselev (the student incarnation)) writes:
>>>Re: The Ukraine.  The reason you don't know about what happened in the
>>>Ukraine in 1929-1931 is that [random blame deleted].
>>
>>Never heard of it, eh?  I guess that's the problem I'm talking about.
>>If everyone knew about this, it might make people think that the USSR
>>is a dangerous country.  Of course I'm a fascist.
>
>Altho' not officially advertized or even admitted, in Soviet Union MOST
>people know (some remember) the tragedy of Ukraine and lower Volga basin.
>[rest of the (fine) article deleted]

Anyone who wants to learn more about the Soviet Union from the inside should
read Alexandr Solzenitsyn _The Gulag Archipelago_.  1700+ pages, it is one
incredible eye-opening reading experience.  Very depressing and cathartic.

His other books are also important and worthwhile reading.

ucbvax!brahms!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720