The Gulag system shocked the world as historians mark epic USSR Solzhenitsyn novel’s anniversary

50 years since Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag rocked USSR

AFP – The Soviet Union 50 years ago allowed publication of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s landmark account of life in the Stalin prison camps “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich”, shocking readers by revealing a hitherto hidden horror. In November 1962, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev was looking. | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Also see the Amazon page for ‘One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: (50th Anniversary Edition)” which comes with the following summary:

In the madness of World War II, a dutiful Russian soldier is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to ten years in a Siberian labor camp. So begins this masterpiece of modern Russian fiction, a harrowing account of a man who has conceded to all things evil with dignity and strength. First published in 1962, it is considered one of the most significant works ever to emerge from Soviet Russia. Illuminating a dark chapter in Russian history, Ivan Denisovich is at once a graphic picture of work camp life and a moving tribute to man’s will to prevail over relentless dehumanization.