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Moscow unveils Solzhenitsyn monument on what would have been the writer's 100th birthday

Source: Meduza

Moscow has unveiled a new statue dedicated to the Russian novelist and Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn on what would have been his 100th birthday. Designed by sculptor Andrey Kovalchuk, the monument was installed in Moscow’s Tagansky District on the street that bears Solzhenitsyn’s name. President Vladimir Putin attended the opening ceremony.

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Moscow unveils Solzhenitsyn monument on what would have been the writer's 100th birthday

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