I • ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN AT THE END OF THE BREZHNEV ERA T HE SoVIET UNION of today serves as an example of what Communism does to all countries and to all peoples that fall under its control. The differences from country to country are of secondary importance; the domi nant features of the process are everywhere alike. The first act of the Communists upon coming to power in Russia in 1917 was to hand Germany 25, 30, 40 per cent of Russia's territory, whatever it t...