*Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was becoming a dissident against the U.S.S.R. and the restricting communist government after he was arrested for the first time. He, through his entire life, was willing to sacrifice everything he had in order to point out that censorship was wrong and people should be able to speak their mind. *His childhood years were very rough. Aleksandr (pronounced Alexander) was born in Kisovodsk, Russia on December 11, 1918 (Academic American Encyclopedia Sno-Sz, …showed first 75 words of 946 total…

…showed last 75 words of 946 total…is why he is a dissident. Even though the leaders of the society he lived in didn't accept him or his ways of thinking, he did what he thought was the right thing, and didn't let anyone change his mind. Bibliography 1) "Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr" The Encyclopedia Americana. Copyright 1992 2) "Slozhenitsyn, Alexander" The World Book Encyclopedia. Copyright 1997 3) "Slozhenitsyn, Aleksandr" Academic American Encyclopedia. Copyright 1997 4) "Slozhenitsyn, Aleksandr" Encarta 99 Encyclopedia. Copyright 1999 5) Bryan Ryan. Major 20TH Century Writers. Gale Research Inc. Copyright 1998