Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Quotes


I was always optimistic. And I held to and was guided by my views.


Citations

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr. "Interview with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: 'I Am Not Afraid of Death'." Der Spiegel, 23 July 2007.

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
  • Born: December 11, 1918
  • Died: August 3, 2008
  • Nationality: Russian
  • Profession: Author

Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn 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 human rights abuses, the Gulag concentration camp system and political repression in the Soviet Union.