28 December
Dates in History
1973The GULAG Archipelago by Alexander Solzhenitsyn is published in Paris. Nobody in the USSR dares to publish the book, therefore Solzhetitsyn gives a copy to a French publisher. In 1974 Solzhenitsyn is banished from the USSR. The GULAG Archipelago remains his most popular and significant book.
1925Sergey Esenin, poet, is born. | One of the most famous Russian poets of XX century. |