gulag archipelago is a work of fiction with a clear political agenda, yes. we had to read excerpts in school. at some point i got halfway through maybe, but its just too damn long. anyway, it was a pretty effective anti-soviet propaganda piece, lots of people even in russia believe it as fact still. no actual historians worth their salt take it seriously though

hello! i’m well, just super bored at work today haha

thankfully i remember very little of it. but apparently my dad, who used to oversee a warehouse, was visited by mafia gently informing him this warehouse now belongs to them. we had to relocate to my grandmothers who lived out of town. my dad got some new job eventually, but lost it quickly because he couldn’t afford bus fare to go to work. so pretty :desolate: i would say