Russian novelist, dramatist and historian, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn died of heart failure near Moscow on August 3, 2008 at, at the age of 89.

Putin Says Solzhenitsyn Death is Loss For Russia
By Maria Golovnina – Reuters (4 Aug 2008)

A World Split Apart – By Alexander Solzhenitsyn
On Thursday, June 8, 1978, acclaimed Russian writer and dissident delivered this address . . .
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truthout.org (4 Aug 2008)