The first circle

Alexander Solzhenitsyn — Russian writer, publicist, public figure, winner of the Nobel prize for literature ("For the ethical force with which he continued the tradition of great Russian literature", 1970), laureate of the State prize of the Russian Federation for outstanding achievements in humanitarian work (2006), academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The dense novel is set in three December day in 1949 — the "sharashka" (a research Institute-a prison for inmates, professionals), in Stalin's country house, in the dormitory, in the house of Stalin's nobles, in the Lubyanka. Dynamic plot surrounding the search for diplomat, issuing a state secret. The interconnectedness of many actors, the life of a "sharashka," debates and reflections about the destiny of Russia, about the personal participation of each in the country's history.