Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian author
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a Russian author and Soviet dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. Wikipedia
Born: December 11, 1918, Kislovodsk, Russia
Died: August 3, 2008 (age 89 years), Moscow, Russia
Spouse: Natalia Solzhenitsyna (m. 1973–2008), Natalia Alekseevna Reshetovskaya (m. 1957–1972), and Natalia Alekseevna Reshetovskaya (m. 1940–1952)
Buried: August 6, 2008, Cemetery in Donskoy Monastery
Children: Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Stepan Solzhenitsyn, and Yermolai Solzhenitsyn
Parents: Isaakiy Solzhenitsyn and Taisiya Solzhenitsyna
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