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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A World Split Apart (Part 1)

08 Jun 1978

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Russian writer and Nobel Laureate Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) delivers his commencement speech entitled 'A World Split Apart' at Harvard University, June 8, 1978. In the context of the Cold War, Solzhenitsyn identifies a world split between the two world powers (the US and Russia), both capable of destroying the other. He highlights the dangers of an autonomous world, especially one dominated by western thought, incapable of understanding Russia and blinded by superiority.

Chapters

• Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A World Split Apart (Part 2)

  10 min 29 sec

• Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A World Split Apart (Part 3)

  10 min 27 sec

• Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A World Split Apart (Part 4)

  10 min 11 sec

• Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A World Split Apart (Part 5)

  9 min 56 sec

• Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A World Split Apart (Part 6)

  9 min 23 sec