Solzhenitsyn Flashcards
1
Q
Who was he?
A
Russian nationalist
member of the Russian Orthodox Church
writer
2
Q
What book did he write that was controversial?
Where was it published?
A
‘The Gulag Archipelago’ (1968) - described horrors of Stalin’s prison camp system
smuggled manuscript to West for publication
3
Q
What was he awarded in 1970?
A
Nobel Peace Prize for Literature
4
Q
Why could the KGB not imprison him?
A
fame in West
5
Q
What did KGB do?
A
sent him into exile in America in 1973
