I didn’t make up the poll numbers. They are what they are. And no I have not read it in its entirety. Excerpts here and there. How does my not having read it in its entirety explain Stalin’s poll numbers in Russia getting better over time with Solzhenitsyn’s GA widely available?
As for the cold war, it never ended as far as I am concerned. Russia is still a dangerous enemy allowed to exert much more influence in the world than their economic standing should allow.
If you had read the works of Solzenitsyn you wouldn't be believing the poll numbers.