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TWO HUNDRED YEARS TOGETHER

TWO HUNDRED YEARS TOGETHER Page 204 Alexander Solzhenitsyn Translated by Jamey Gambrell Throughout a half century’s work on the history of the Russian Revolution, I have touched on the question of Russian-Jewish relations many times. Doing so has often served as a way into events and into human psychology, but the question has elicited heated passion.1 I have long hoped that some writer, before I myself had the opportunity, would shed light for us all on this difficult topic, and in a manner that is thorough, two-sided, and equitable. But mostly what we find are one-sided reproaches. On the one hand are accusations of Russian guilt, even of ancient Russian depravity, with respect to the Jews — these claims can be found in abundance. On the other hand, Russians who have written about this mutual problem have done so for the most part vehemently, with bias, and with no desire to see what might be tallied to the credit of the other party. This material was originally published as “Vkhod v temu” and “Evreiskoie i russkoe osoznanie pered mirovoi voinoi” in the author’s book Dvesti let vmeste (1795–1995) (Moscow: Russkii put’, 2001). 1. I wrote the volume [from which this article is http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Common Knowledge Duke University Press

TWO HUNDRED YEARS TOGETHER

Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
Common Knowledge , Volume 9 (2) – Apr 1, 2003
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Page 204 Alexander Solzhenitsyn Translated by Jamey Gambrell Throughout a half century’s work on the history of the Russian Revolution, I have touched on the question of Russian-Jewish relations many times. Doing so has often served as a way into events and into human psychology, but the question has elicited heated passion.1 I have long hoped that some writer, before I myself had the opportunity, would shed light for us all on this difficult topic, and in a manner that is thorough, two-sided, and equitable. But mostly what we find are one-sided reproaches. On the one hand are accusations of Russian guilt, even of ancient Russian depravity, with respect to the Jews — these claims can be found in abundance. On the other hand, Russians who have written about this mutual problem have done so for the most part vehemently, with bias, and with no desire to see what might be tallied to the credit of the other party. This material was originally published as “Vkhod v temu” and “Evreiskoie i russkoe osoznanie pered mirovoi voinoi” in the author’s book Dvesti let vmeste (1795–1995) (Moscow: Russkii put’, 2001). 1. I wrote the volume [from which this article is

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