The Gulag Archipelago

1973 essay by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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The Gulag Archipelago

Summary

The Gulag Archipelago is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,086 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Gulag Archipelago authored Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn[3].
  • The Gulag Archipelago received the Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century[4].
  • The Gulag Archipelago's image is recorded as Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - Arcipelago Gulag (Архипелаг ГУЛаг) - I saggi Mondadori 1974.jpg[5].
  • The Gulag Archipelago's instance of is recorded as literary work[6].
  • The Gulag Archipelago's publisher is recorded as Éditions du Seuil[7].
  • The Gulag Archipelago's publisher is recorded as Sovetsky Pisatel[8].
  • The Gulag Archipelago's publisher is recorded as Novy Mir[9].
  • The Gulag Archipelago's genre is recorded as autobiography[10].
  • The Gulag Archipelago's genre is recorded as essay[11].
  • The Gulag Archipelago's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 293372064[12].
  • The Gulag Archipelago's GND ID is recorded as 4739174-1[13].
  • The Gulag Archipelago's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 120051289[14].
  • The Gulag Archipelago's place of publication is recorded as France[15].
  • The Gulag Archipelago's language of work or name is recorded as Russian[16].
  • The Gulag Archipelago's country of origin is recorded as France[17].
  • +1958-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Gulag Archipelago[18].
  • The Gulag Archipelago's publication date is recorded as +1973-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].
  • The Gulag Archipelago's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j_q5[20].
  • The Gulag Archipelago's Open Library ID is recorded as OL10337519W[21].
  • The Gulag Archipelago's narrative location is recorded as Soviet Union[22].
  • The Gulag Archipelago's main subject is recorded as Gulag[23].
  • The Gulag Archipelago's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 8252836[24].
  • The Gulag Archipelago's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Gulag-Archipelago[25].
  • The Gulag Archipelago's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Архипелаг ГУЛАГ'}[26].
  • The Gulag Archipelago's name in kana is recorded as しゅうようじょぐんとう[27].

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Works and Contributions

The Gulag Archipelago authored Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn[3].

Recognition

The Gulag Archipelago received the Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century[4].

Why It Matters

The Gulag Archipelago ranks in the top 1% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,086 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did The Gulag Archipelago receive?

Honors received include Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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