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George Orwell & Peter Kropotkin
The short: Vitaly had only the highest praise for Orwell. Familiar with, but not read Kropotkin. This was because he wasn't a Bolshevik. It wasn't allowed to exist. ๐
He freaking loves Orwell. The books of course, but especially his other writings and essays in the Guardian(?) Says they aren't even teaching Orwell in USA schools and other "controversial" literature near to the extent they did even 20 years ago. (I would actually like to look into this for my own edification. Thoughts?)
He said that he was familiar with Kropotkin, but not read at all or informed to speak on him. This is because he was as much an enemy of the Bolsheviks as the capitalists.
To give you a better idea of Vitaly, I almost always see him listening to audiobooks of classic Russian literatures while repairing or refurbing an electron microscope.
#Vitaly #HeirloomFiction #Orwell #Kropotkin