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Russian Soul, American Life: A Conversation with Ignat Solzhenitsyn | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
Duration: 01:04:08
December 16, 2025
- Ignat Solzhenitsyn discusses his unique upbringing in exile, focusing on his family's effort to maintain Russian culture and heritage while integrating into American public life.
- He shares the story of his accidental entry into music, spurred by a chance encounter with Mstislav Rostropovich and the presence of a piano in his Vermont home.
- Solzhenitsyn reflects on the complex relationship between Russia and the West, the persistent challenges in Russian history, and the enduring question of how immense artistic flowering can coexist with political struggles.




