The Nobel Laureate's seminal essay, first published in Komsomolskalya Pravda, gives his thoughts on the political and economic choices facing Russia in the post-Communist era, from the role of the non-Slavic republics to the KGB's attempts to justify its further grip on the country. Solzhenitsyn, the Soviet Union's reclusive gadfly, has long been critical of perestroika reforms for both their lack of success and their fundamental misdirection. Rather than restructuring the surface of her flawed empire, doomed to break up eventually, he feels that Russia should concentrate on the inner development of her true Slav essence. To do so would require divesting the non-Slav republics of Central Asia to pursue their own dream, while retaining strong links to Slavic Ukraine and Belorussia. Although the descriptions of the social institutions and form of government of the essential Russia are similar to those offered in previous essays, recent events in the Soviet Union make this piece especially timely and are sure to generate reader interest. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 12/90 . -- Marcia L. Sprules, Council on Foreign Relations Lib., New York Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.