Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) was a Russian novelist, philosopher, historian, short story writer and political prisoner. One of the most famous Soviet dissidents, Solzhenitsyn was an outspoken critic of Communism and helped to raise global awareness of Soviet war crimes, human rights abuses, and the Gulag concentration camp system.
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Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn 11 December 1918 Kislovodsk, Terek Oblast, RSFSR [now Stavropol Krai, Russia]
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Died |
3 August 2008 (aged 89) Moscow, Russia
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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