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Владимир Войнович

Writers Union expels Solzhenitsyn, Nov 1969 (11.1)

«No 11 : 31 December 1969» On 4 November 1969 the great Russian writer Alexander Isayevich SOLZHENITSYN was expelled from the Writers' Union by its Ryazan branch (RSFSR Writers Union). * Of the seven members of the Ryazan branch, six attended the meeting: Vasily Matushkin (Ryazan); Sergei Baranov (Ryazan, who chaired the meeting); Nikolai Rodin; … Continue reading Writers Union expels Solzhenitsyn, Nov 1969 (11.1)

Solzhenitsyn’s Deportation, February 1974 (32.1)

<<No 32 : 17 July 1974>> On 13 February 1974, after a prolonged and large-scale persecution campaign in the press, Alexander Isayevich SOLZHENITSYN was deported from the Soviet Union. The immediate cause was the publication of his GULag Archipelago by the YMCA Press [1]. * "GULAG ARCHIPELAGO" The circumstances surrounding the publication of this book … Continue reading Solzhenitsyn’s Deportation, February 1974 (32.1)