# Solzhenitsyn expelled (1974)

URL: https://history-russia.com/timeline/1974-solzhenitsyn-expelled
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After 'The Gulag Archipelago' was published in Paris, Alexander Solzhenitsyn was arrested and expelled from the USSR on 13 February 1974. The Baikal-Amur Mainline railway was relaunched as a major project that year. He returned to Russia in 1994. The book exposed the scale of Soviet repression to the world.

## Why it matters
The book exposed the scale of Soviet repression to the world.

Ruler at the time: [Leonid Brezhnev](https://history-russia.com/rulers/leonid-brezhnev)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — The Gulag Archipelago](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gulag_Archipelago)
- [Wikipedia — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn)
- [Wikipedia — Era of Stagnation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Era_of_Stagnation)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Solzhenitsyn expelled](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Solzhenitsyn+expelled)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of Russian history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_history)