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''[[The Gulag Archipelago]]'' is a non-fiction novel by [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]].
An account of life in [[The Gulag]], considered the
Solzhenitsyn's ''[[The First Circle]]'' can be considered
It was the work that resulted in its author being exiled from his homeland, despite his earlier fictional work that also threw shade on the gulag system. Now, not only has it been [[Vindicated by History|proven beyond all doubt]], it has become required reading in Russian schools since 2009.
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* [[The Apocalypse Brings Out the Best In People]]: There is a chapter called ''The Ascent'' that explores how people could actually become ''better'' people while living in the slavery and poverty of the work camp.
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