Solzhenitsyn Cultural Center Opens in Paris

As covered by the Russkiy Mir Foundation, a cultural center named in honor of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn opened recently in Paris. Solzhenitsyn scholar George Nivat is a member of the center's steering committee. The first exhibit, "The Gulag Archipelago, History of Literary Breakthrough", highlights historical photos and artifacts from the novel's development, which Solzhenitsyn wrote while in hiding in Estonia in 1967.

Photo courtesy of the Facebook page of Centre culturel Alexandre Soljenitsyne - Les Editeurs Réunis