For some years it was overshadowed by the better known work of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and by the excitement of reform and then collapse in the Soviet Union.

在出版后的几年，亚历山大·索尔仁尼琴的作品比较出名，人们对改革感到兴奋，接着是苏联解体，这些都使该书黯然失色。

Literary figures, like the Soviet and later Russian novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,   became outspoken critics of the systems.

文学家，如苏联和后来的俄罗斯小说家亚历山大·索尔仁尼琴，成为该制度的直言不讳的批评者。