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Александр Солженицын
The First Circle

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The First Circle

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First published: 1968
Editions: 53 in 7 languages

Synopsis

Written from his own experiences this short novel focuses on the lives of a group of political prisoners held in a sharashka, a research & development laboratory near Moscow manned by engineers & technicians plucked from the gulags to perform work for the state.

Subjects: History
Historical
Politics and government
Continental european fiction
Political
Political fiction
Set in: Russia
Soviet Union
Moscow
Time: 20th Century; 1917-1936; 1936-1953
Characters: Joseph Stalin

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53 in 7 languages

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English25 Russian16 French6 German1 All 7 languages

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