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ApplebaumAnne Applebaum (born 25 July 1964) is a journalist and
Pulitzer Prize-winning author who has written extensively about
communism and the development of civil society in Eastern Europe
and the USSR/ Russia. Her second book, Gulag: A History, was
published in 2003 and was awarded the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for
General Non-Fiction writing  Journalist Justin Petrone caught up
with Anne following her October visit to Estonia.  What are you
doing living in Poland?  I live in Poland for two reasons. One
is personal; my husband is a Polish politician. His name is
Radek Sikorski. So we were living in Washington after his party
lost an election a few years ago and we came back. I am also
writing a book about the Sovietization of Central Europe after
the war.  What did you learn from your visit to Estonia?  Well,
I knew something about Estonia before I got there, but Estonia
is justifiably famous for the efficiency of its economic reforms
and I am im