Question

Who was Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn?

a poet in Soviet Ukraine
b Russian writer imprisoned by Stalin who lived to write about it
c Russian writer who escaped the gulag and the USSR
d communist sympathizer who wrote about Stalin

Answer 1

The answer is B. Russian writer imprisoned by Stalin who lived to write about it

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Answer 2

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a Russian writer imprisoned by Stalin who lived to write about it. Option B is correct.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was born on December 11, 1918, in Kislovodsk, Russia. He fought in World War II, but was arrested for criticizing Joseph Stalin and spent 11 years in labor camps and exile. In his books, such as The Gulag Archipelago,Aleksandr relates his experiences.

He was a Russian novelist, historian, and short story writer. He was an outspoken critic of the Soviet Union and communism and helped raise awareness globally of its Gulag forced labor camp system.