Solzhenitsyn was arrested in World War Two while serving in the Soviet Army for indiscreet comments about Stalin, which were harmless under normal circumstances but treated as political crimes in the Stalinist regime.

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Steven Kotkin

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“he was arrested for some indiscreet comments about Stalin which were normally would be considered harmless but in such a regime as the Stalin regime were considered a political crime”

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Stephen Kotkin on Solzhenitsyn 01/14/2019— EconTalk
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:29:11 PM

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