After Khrushchev’s “Secret Speech” in 1956, Solzhenitsyn was exonerated, and returned to European Russia where he began teaching and writing at night. During his imprisonment and exile, Solzhenitsyn abandoned his Marxist ideologies, gradually developing a philosophical Christian outlook. After being released, Solzhenitsyn was exiled. He was detained at several camps before transferring to a “special camp” for political prisoners, where he worked as a miner, bricklayer, and foreman. In 1945, Solzhenitsyn was sent to a work camp for writing derogatory remarks about Joseph Stalin in a private letter to a friend. Solzhenitsyn served in the Red Army during WWII, and during this time, began developing doubts regarding the moral foundations of the Soviet Regime. Solzhenitsyn studied mathematics at Rostov State University, while simultaneously studying literature and history at the Moscow Institute of Philosophy. He was raised by his mother after his father was killed in a hunting accident, and she encouraged his interests in literature and science. Alexander Solzhenitsyn was born in Stavropol Krai, Russia, in 1918.
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