Ivan Denisovitch is a great book, yes, but I don't think his WWI or Red Wheel cycles will really outlive anything. I admire him for ataking a stand on what he thought was right, and sticking to it.

Poppagator, I met very, very few Russians who liked Stalin and missed his reign. They are often nostalgic for the Soviet Union, but NOT for the Stalin days.

My country, right or wrong, as stated by Decatuer, doesn't, I think, mean that whatsoever my country does will be right, but that it's still my country. That certainly seemed to be Solzhenitsyn's view, so it is harsh to consider him unpatriotic.