Solzhenitsyn

A story from Soviet-era Russia goes:

In the year 2445 a teacher asks her pupils: "Who was Leonid Brezhnev?"

One child answers: "He was a ruler of Mother Russia during the Solzhenitsyn era."

With Solzhenitsyn in one corner, Korolev and Gagarin in another, and the likes of Benjamen of St. Petersburg in another, the Russians may find something to celebrate out of the horrifying 20'th century. I hope it isn't dreams of empire instead.