In Stavropol, the birthplace of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, in all buildings related to the writer's biography, posted mourning ribbons. In the church of St. George in St. George a funeral - Alexander Solzhenitsyn Isaakievich headed.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn idnim of the first voice raised against the Stalinist regime. His book "One Day of Ivan Denisovich" and "Gulag Archipelago" helped people see what is actually meant that regime.