Image:Aleksandr solzhenitsyn gulag search.jpg

[edit] Summary

Photograph of Russian author and former Gulag prisoner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn being searched, circa 1953.

This picture is published in "Gulag Archipelago" and the author's note under it states (translated from Russian):

"This picture was taken when I was already released from the camps into Exile, but the jacket and the numbers are real, and the methods used are also closely re-enacted. All the time while in Ekibastuz [Special Camp], my number was "Щ-232" and then later changed to "Щ-262" in the last months. The numbers I sneaked out of Ekibastuz and I keep it to this day." ^[1]

Scanned from book on Gulags, August 23, 2006

[edit] References

1. ↑ Solzhenitsyn, A.: "Sobraniye Sochinenii", t.6, page 61, Moskva, Terra, 2000

[edit] Licensing

This work was in the public domain in Russia according to Law No. 5351-I of Russia of July 9, 1993 (with revisions) on Copyrights and Neighbouring Rights. But the current status of this work is unknown because of the entering in force of Book IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation on January 1, 2008. If it's possible, replace this license tag by {{PD-old}}, {{PD-Russia-2008}} or {{PD-RusEmpire}}.

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