Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
Birthday
1918/12/11
Day of death
2008/08/03 (89 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Kislovodsk, Terek Oblast, RSFSR [now Stavropol Krai, Russia]
Also know as
Александр Солженицын, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Alexandre Soljenitsyne
Biography
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) was a Russian writer. A prominent Soviet dissident, Solzhenitsyn was an outspoken critic of communism and helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, in particular the Gulag system. Solzhenitsyn was born into a family that defied the Soviet anti-religious campaign in the 1920s and remained devout members of the Russian Orthodox Church. However, Solzhenitsyn lost his faith in Christianity, becam...Read more
Acting
(2022) La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)
(2023) The Gulag Archipelago: The Book That Changed Russian History
as Self - Writer (archive footage)
(1974) Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1998) The Knot
as Self
(2015) Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
as Self (archive footage)
(2008) Solzhenitsyn: Trilogy
as Self
(2008) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lightning strikes a tall tree
as Self
(1999) Faith of the Century: A History of Communism
as Self (archive footage)
(1975) Apostrophes
as Self