Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison camp system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature for the ethical force with which he pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature. Arrested in 1945 while serving as a Red Army captain for criticizing Joseph Stalin in private correspondence, he spent eight years in the Gulag and internal exile, an experience that shaped his novels, including One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962) and the three volume nonfiction work The Gulag Archipelago (1973), which sold tens of millions of copies. Stripped of his Soviet citizenship in 1974 and exiled to the West, he lived in Vermont for nearly two decades before his citizenship was restored in 1990 and he returned to Russia in 1994. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania. 1 Awardhonorary citizen of Ryazan. 1 Awardhonorary doctor of Syracuse University, 2008. 1 AwardInternational Botev Prize, 2008. 1 AwardLomonosov Gold Medal, 1998. 1 AwardMedal "For the Capture of Königsberg". 1 AwardMedal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945". 1 AwardNobel Prize in Literature, 1970. 1 AwardOrder of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow. 1 AwardOrder of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called. 1 AwardOrder of the Patriotic War, 2nd class. 1 AwardOrder of the Red Star, 1944. 1 AwardOrder of the Star of Romania. 1 AwardOrdre des Arts et des Lettres. 1 AwardState Prize of the Russian Federation, 2007. 1 AwardThe Hillman Prize for Book Journalism, 1974. 1 Classification
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How did Solzhenitsyn's training in mathematics help him survive the Gulag?
His mathematics got him moved to a sharashia scientific prison for four years, and later let him teach in exile and write.
In his Nobel Prize biographical note, Solzhenitsyn wrote that mathematics played a beneficial role in his destiny and rescued him from death on at least two occasions. He said he would probably not have survived his eight years in the camps if he had not, as a mathematician, been transferred to a so-called sharashia, a special prison for scientific work, where he spent four years. Later, during his exile, he was allowed to teach mathematics and physics, which he said helped to ease his existence and made it possible for him to write. He added that a literary education might have exposed him to even greater pressures.
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Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn ... was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system.
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Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918 - 3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature".
Award: Nobel Prize in Literature
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918-3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature".
Award: Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918-3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature".
Award: Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918-3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature".
Award: Templeton Prize
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918-3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature".
Award: Order of the Red Star
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918-3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature".
Award: Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918-3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature".
Award: Lomonosov Gold Medal
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918-3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature".
Award: Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918-3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature".
Award: Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918-3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature".
Award: honorary doctor of Syracuse University
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918-3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature".
Award: State Prize of the Russian Federation
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918-3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature".
Award: International Botev Prize
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918-3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature".
Award: TEFI
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918-3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature".
Award: Order of the Star of Romania
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918-3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature".
Award: Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918-3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature".
Award: honorary citizen of Ryazan
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918-3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature".
Award: The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918-3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature".
Award: Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918-3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature".
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich...is a short novel by the Russian writer and Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
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