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Czesław Miłosz's 'Gravedigger' Character Resonates with Putin in Modern Context

The 'Gravedigger' character from Czesław Miłosz's 'Moral Treatise' is not a historical figure but a recurring archetype throughout history. In various eras, this figure takes on new guises, always believing they can bury the old world to build a new one, a concept now difficult not to associate with Vladimir Putin.

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