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Also Known As Glavnoye Upravleniye Ispravitelno-Trudovykh Lagerey
Date 1930 - 1955

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn speaks at a press conference, holding papers and gesturing, with a chalkboard listing names in Russian behind him.
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Russia
Russia
country, Europe and Asia
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1922–91
Soviet Union
historical state, Eurasia

Key People

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
Russian author