Stephen Kotkin: I'd expect Solzhenitsyn to be a troubled and complicated person. We owe him the respect of showing him in his full complexity, he says. He writes that our heroes were us; they're also complex people. And we shouldn't be afraid of the complexities,. As you say, they don't diminish the achievements. Econ Talk with Stephen Kotkin is broadcast on weeknights at 10 p.m. ET/PT.