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A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn [Алекса́ндр Иса́евич Солжени́цын] (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) was a Russian philosopher, novelist, dramatist and historian. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, he was exiled from the Soviet Union in 1974, returning to Russia in 1994.

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Native Name: Александр Исаевич Солженицын

Alternative Names: Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn • Alexander Solzhenitsyn • Aleksander Solzhenitsyn • Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn

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A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny. - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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