Alexander Solzhenitsyn
latest news & developmentsRussians queue up to mourn Solzhenitsyn
Russia paid tribute to former Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn on Tuesday with all the hallmarks of an official lying-in-state.
Soviet dissident writer Solzhenitsyn dies at 89
Alexander Solzhenitsyn opened the eyes of the world to the brutality of labour camps with writings that brought him the wrath of the authorities.