Exhibition "Trusted Chronicler of the era:
on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Solzhenitsyn"

On August 15, a documentary exhibition opens in the Nagornaya gallery of the Moscow Exhibition Halls Association, dedicated to the 100th birthday of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, writer, thinker, playwright, publicist, poet, public and political figure. The exhibition presents photographs taken by Alexander Isaevich during the years of exile, books, including unique samizdat and “Tamizdat”, video materials, films. The exhibition was prepared by the House of Russian Abroad. A. Solzhenitsyna.

On the 100th anniversary of the writer’s gallery “Nagornaya” in conjunction with the House of Russian Abroad named after A. Solzhenitsyna prepared a large-scale exhibition project, consisting of two parts: a book exhibition presenting Solzhenitsyn’s creative biography, and the Solzhenitsyn Photographer exposition, which included more than 50 unique photographs taken by him in the 1950s and 1960s. The printed publications presented in the book part of the exhibition are no less unique - more than 200 rare books in Russian and foreign languages (35 languages in total!) Are placed on 20 stands, starting from the legendary eleventh issue

“New World” for 1962, Samizdat samples made during the years of the prohibition of Solzhenitsyn’s works at home, and ending with domestic and foreign novelties. The upper part of the stand consists of photo collages reflecting the stages of the writer’s life path.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a demonstration of multi-media materials from the collections of the House of Russian Abroad and the personal archive of Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

The educational program includes lectures, film screenings: 08.16 at 18:00 video show of the performance of the Theater. Vakhtangov "Matryonin Dvor" and 08/25 at 18:00 screening of a documentary in the framework of "Movie Night".

The curator of the project is Daria Zhmyleva, the co-curator is Alla Kharitonova.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn was born in December 1918 and lived, according to Anna Akhmatova, “not a calendar — a real Twentieth Century”: after a fatherless childhood and youth — war, front; from the age of 26 - prisons, camps, exile; fatal disease; the life of a provincial teacher concealing his writing; the rise of fame with the publication of "One Day by Ivan Denisovich" and almost immediately - a wall that blocked the way for his next books; open dissent, “butting” with the authorities; KGB hunt for his manuscripts; explosion of the “Gulag Archipelago”, expulsion from the USSR; life in exile; homecoming in the 1990s.

“I wanted to be a memory. In memory of the people who suffered a great disaster, ”the writer saw his creative task. The main themes of his works - the choice and responsibility of a person in the face of trials - remain relevant in any historical era and in any country. The Nobel Committee expressed worldwide recognition of the creative work of Alexander Solzhenitsyn by awarding the prize with the wording: "For the moral strength with which he continued the eternal tradition of Russian literature."

Exhibition "Trusted Chronicler of the era: on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Solzhenitsyn" 0 +
Opening date: August 15 at 19:00 - admission is free.
Date: August 15 - September 09, 2018.

Opening hours: Tue – Sun 11: 00–20: 00
Cost: 100 r. (50 p. - discount ticket)
Gallery "Nagornaya" Association "Exhibition Halls of Moscow"
St. Remizova, 10, metro station "Nagornaya"
8 (495) 1236569