Alexander Solzhenitsyn, 1981
This photo illustrates the freedom that Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn felt when he finally made it to the United States. He was exiled to Vermont, but this was hardly a punishment, as you can see by the look on Solzhenitsyn’s face.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn 1981
Back then the Iron Curtain was still thick, and so many who lived behind it wished to make it to the West so they could live a freer life. An epic photo for sure.
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