Solzhenitsyn at Large Edward E. Ericson, Jr.: Solzhenit syn: The Moral Vision; Wm. B. Eerdmans; Grand Rapids, Michigan. Vladimir Lakshin: Solzhenitsyn, Tvardovsky and 'Novy Mir'; MIT Press; Cambridge, Massachusetts. by John W. Cooper When the pagan Mongols swept into Russia in the 13th century, Russian Christianity already had a three-hun dred·year-old heritage rich in piety, monastic charity and missionary spirit. Instead of discouraging the faith, the Mongol conq...