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in bronze in 1963 and then, after just two years, in silver. A normal progression during the next ten or so years would have been to the gold version of the same award. That never happened, but he did win other – possibly less prestigious – awards from the government over the next couple of
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after eleven years detained in solitary confinement. Comrades attributed great political value to the biography, seen as a reason why
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