The paradox is that, in the Soviet era, his art was used, briefly, as a force for liberation, because Nikita Khrushchev allowed the publication of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich in order to buttress his anti-Stalin thaw.
Paradoxalement, à l’ère soviétique, son art a servi brièvement de force de libération quand Nikita Khrouchtchev a permis la publication d’ Une journée dans la vie d’Ivan Denissovitch pour consolider la détente anti-Staliniste.