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在埃文·格什科维奇的新回忆录中,监狱是俄罗斯的缩影In Evan Gershkovich’s new memoir, prison is a microcosm of Russia

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2026年9月26日 当美国选择退出 文化、历史与社会 致《经济学人》 解锁对我们所有获奖新闻、仅限订阅者的播客和通讯的无限访问权限 # 在埃文·格什科维奇的新回忆录中,监狱是俄罗斯的缩影 ## 他在狱中的经历提供了窥探这个国家战时灵魂的窗口 俄罗斯有句老笑话:那里有三种人——坐过牢的、正在坐牢的,以及即将坐牢的。

September 26th 2026 When America walks away Culture, history & society to The Economist # In Evan Gershkovich’s new memoir, prison is a microcosm of Russia ## His stint behind bars offers a window onto the country’s wartime soul T here are three types of people in Russia, runs an old joke: those who have been in prison, those who are currently in prison—and those who will be.

在反复无常的统治者手下,入狱是一种普遍的风险,这甚至可能被视为美德而非堕落的标志。

Under capricious rulers, incarceration is an ambient risk, which can be a mark of virtue rather than degeneracy.

对陀思妥耶夫斯基和其他人而言,监狱孕育了道德的清晰和精神的重生。

For Dostoyevsky and others, it incubated moral clarity and spiritual rebirth.

美国记者埃文·格什科维奇在其9月29日出版的新回忆录中引用了托尔斯泰笔下的一个角色:“在俄罗斯,诚实的人唯一合适的地方……是监狱。

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In his new memoir, published on September 29th, Evan Gershkovich, an American journalist, quotes a character of Tolstoy’s: “The only suitable place for an honest man in Russia…is prison.”