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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Russian writer and historian (1918–2008).

Born December 11th, 1918 in Kislovodsk. [ref]

Died August 3rd, 2008 at 89 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]

Occupations
historian, militant, military personnel, novelist, opinion journalist, playwright, poet, prosaist, public figure, schoolteacher, screenwriter, writer

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