Writing
Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
- Born
- Dec 11, 1918 · Aged 89
- Died
- Aug 3, 2008
- Place of birth
- Kislovodsk, Terek Oblast, RSFSR [now Stavropol Krai, Russia]
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 8
- TV credits
- 2
Also known as (5)
- Александр Солженицын
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- Aleksander Solzhenitsyn
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn
- Alexandre Soljenitsyne
Biography
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) was a Russian writer. A prominent Soviet dissident, Solzhenitsyn was an outspoken critic of communism and helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, in particular the Gulag system. Solzhenitsyn was born into a family that defied the Soviet anti-religious campaign in the 1920s and remained devout members of the Russian Orthodox Church. However, Solzhenitsyn lost his faith in Christianity, became an atheist, and embraced Marxism–Leninism. While serving as a captain in the Red Army during…
