Vladimir Voinovich, perhaps the last of the great Soviet dissident writers, has died at age 85, having outlived the regime that sent him into exile. Voinovich fused Gogolian wit and Orwell’s nightmarish vision, with his The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin lifting him into the pantheon of Russian novelists.
Vladimir Voinovich: 1932-2018
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Russia’s Self-Defeating “But”
Russia’s Self-Defeating “But”
Jun 29, 2010 Vladimir Voinovich argues that Russian leaders’ grand ambitions of nurturing scientific innovation will founder.
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Drunk on Corruption
Drunk on Corruption
Jan 2, 2003 Vladimir Voinovich explains why no serious fight has been launched against Russian corruption.
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