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Chapters: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Alexander Dutov. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Templeton Prize1983Laureate Of The International Botev Prize2008 Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (English pronunciation: Russian: , pronounced ) (December 11, 1918 August 3, 2008) was a Soviet and Russian novelist, dramatist, and historian. Through his writings he helped to make the world aware of the Gulag, the Soviet Union's forced labor camp system particularly The Gulag Archipelago and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, two of his best-known works. Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970. He was exiled from the Soviet Union in 1974 and returned to Russia in 1994. Solzhenitsyn was the father of Ignat Solzhenitsyn, a conductor and pianist. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was born in Kislovodsk, RSFSR (now in Stavropol Krai, Russia) to a young Ukrainian widow, Taisiya Solzhenitsyna (née Shcherbak), whose father had apparently risen from humble beginnings, as something of a self-made man, and acquired a large estate in the Kuban region by the northern foothills of the Caucasus. During World War I, Taisiya went to Moscow to study. While there she met and married Isaakiy Solzhenitsyn, a young officer in the Imperial Russian Army of Cossack origins and fellow native of the Caucasus region (the family background of his parents is vividly brought to life in the opening chapters of August 1914, and later on in the Red Wheel novel cycle). In 1918, Taisia became pregnant with Aleksandr. Shortly after this was confirmed, Isaakiy was killed in a hunting accident. Aleksandr was raised by his widowed mother and aunt in lowly circumstances; his earliest years coincided with the Russian Civil War. By 1930 the family property had been turned into a collective ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1625 ... Read more

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Title: Alcanzô la fama con Archipiêlago Gulag: Muriô Solzhenitsyn.(Alexander Solzhenitsyn, novelista)(Obituario)
Author: Alexander Serikov
Publication: Siempre! (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 10, 2008
Publisher: Editorial Cruzada, S.A. DE C.V.
Volume: 55Issue: 2878Page: 69(1)

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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of Russian History, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1736 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Providing a comprehensive discussion of the people, politics, economics, religion, culture, and social systems of Russia, this work spans the time from the earliest beginnings of the Russian nation (among the ancient Eastern Slavic tribes) to the end of czarist Russia and on through the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. It provides the necessary information for readers to obtain a greater understanding of and appreciation for Russia in all of its many spheres. ... Read more

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Title: Elogio de la disidencia.(Alexander Solzhenitsyn, novelista)
Author: Juliân Meza
Publication: Letras Libres (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2008
Publisher: Editorial Vuelta, S.A. de C.V.
Volume: 10Issue: 117Page: 74(2)

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Title: Alexander Solzhenitsyn: cronista del mal.(autor)(Biografía)
Author: Fátima Uríbarri
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 22, 2005
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