The World

Sergey Miroshnichenko's Retrospective, Russia, 60 min., 16+

Actor Yevgeny Mironov shares his memories of meetings with Solzhenitsyn, having seen the writer just a few days before his death. A friend of Aleksandr Isayevich, Nikita Struve, reads personal letters sent to him by Solzhenitsyn and tells the story of how he published "The Gulag Archipelago" abroad. His widow, Natalya Dmitriyevna Solzhenitsyna, speaks about the final days of Aleksandr Isayevich's life, his thoughts, goals, and plans. Rare foreign newsreels and previously unpublished exclusive interviews with Aleksandr Isayevich are featured, in which he reflects on contemporary literature and the future of Russia in the 21st century.