Discussing "The Gulag Archipelago Vol. III" By Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
In this episode of Canonball we discuss Volume III of "The Gulag Archipelago" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, which was written between 1958 and 1968 and published in 1973.
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00:00 Introduction And The Strength Of The Soviet System
02:10 Two Different Groups Of People Coming From Germany
07:04 "German Bedstraw"
10:29 The Russian Liberation Army
13:36 Distrust Of The Soviet Media
19:30 Russians Fighting Against The Soviet Union
29:31 How The Tsar Treated The Bolsheviks, Who Would Later Murder Him And His Whole Family
34:28 Tolstoy Prioritizing Moral Self-Improvement Over Political Freedom
36:33 Independent Public Opinion As An Aspect Of Security
38:55 Literary Work In The Gulag – The Survival Value And Means Of Composing Poetry By Memory
44:04 Escaping The Camps
45:21 The Consequences Of Separating The Politicals From The Criminals
49:54 How The Prisoners Stop The Flow Of Information To The Camp Authorities
54:38 "Gangsterism"
56:01 Using Criminals To Break A Rebellion
57:29 A Warning From Solzhenitsyn
57:58 Closing