Natalia Dmitrievna Solzhenitsyna (nee Svetlova ; born July 22, 1939 , Moscow , RSFSR , USSR ) is a Russian public figure. The widow and closest assistant to the writer Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn . President of the Russian Public Fund for Assistance to the Persecuted and Their Families (ROF), established in 1974 in Zurich , better known as the Solzhenitsyn Foundation (in 1992, the fund moved its activities to Moscow).
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 Natalia Dmitrievna Solzhenitsyna at the 12th International Fair of Intellectual Literature , Non-Fiction 2010, Moscow | |||
| Birth name | Natalia Dmitrievna Svetlova | ||
| Date of Birth | July 22, 1939 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of Birth | Moscow , USSR | ||
| Citizenship |  USSR →  Russia | ||
| Occupation | Public figure , president of the Solzhenitsyn Foundation | ||
| Father | Dmitry Ivanovich the Great (1904 - 1941) | ||
| Mother | Ekaterina Ferdinandovna Svetlova (1919 - 2008) | ||
| Spouse | Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918 - 2008) Andrey Tyurin (1940 - 2002) | ||
| Children | Son (from his first marriage): Dmitry Tyurin (1962 - 1994) Sons (from the second marriage): Yermolay Solzhenitsyn (born 1970), Ignat Solzhenitsyn (born 1972), Stepan Solzhenitsyn (born 1973) | ||
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Editor-compiler of the 30-volume collected works of Solzhenitsyn, published since 2007 [1] .
Member of the Board of Trustees for the revival of the Solovetsky monastery [2] , Board of Trustees of the Volnoe Delo Foundation for Support of Social Innovations [3] , Council of the Foundation for the Perpetuation of the Memory of Victims of Political Repressions [4] .
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Biography
Born July 22, 1939 in the family of Dmitry Ivanovich Velikorodny (1904-1941, originally from the Stavropol peasants; the village of Malaya Dzhalga [5] ; graduated from the literary department of the graduate school of the Institute of the Red Professor in Moscow; July 7, 1941 he joined the people's militia of the Leninsky district of Moscow , in late September 1281 as part of th Infantry regiment, 60 th Infantry division was on the defensive line in the area of the Warsaw highway on the left bank of the Desna , missing October 2, 1941 after the start of the German offensive operation "Typhoon" [6] ) and Catherine Ferdinandovna Svetlova (1919-2008, she studied at the Moscow Aviation Institute ); the grandfather of the latter, arrested a year and a half before the birth of Natalia, Ferdinand Svetlov , had previously been a member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party (SR) , then an employee of the Izvestia newspaper, died in the Gulag [7] . Stepfather (since 1949) - statistician and economist David Jacques (1903-1973), author of a number of printed works (including monographs) on statistical accounting.
In 1962 she graduated from the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Moscow State University , after graduating from graduate school she remained working at this faculty in the laboratory of mathematical statistics under the guidance of Andrei Kolmogorov [8] [9] .
She met Alexander Solzhenitsyn in August 1968. Since then, she has been secretary, assistant to Solzhenitsyn, editor of his works, compiler of collected works and mother of his children. In 1973, they officially registered the marriage.
Natalia Solzhenitsyna with four sons and mother left the USSR after Solzhenitsyn who was sent to the West. By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 19, 1976, she was deprived of USSR citizenship .
Citizenship was restored by the Decree of the President of the USSR “On the abolition of Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on the deprivation of citizenship of the USSR of some people living outside the USSR” on August 15, 1990.
In 1994, with her husband returned to Russia.
On July 28, 2009, Vladimir Putin met with Solzhenitsyna in the Prime Minister’s office. The topic of the meeting was the study of the heritage of Alexander Solzhenitsyn in Russian schools [10] .
She spoke in support of the annexation of Crimea to Russia and for a dialogue with the current government in order to avoid a “new fatal confrontation” similar to the events of 1917 [11] .
By presidential decree of November 20, 2018, Natalia Solzhenitsyna was included in the new composition of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art [12] .
Family
- Father - Dmitry Ivanovich Velikorodny (1904, p. Malaya Dzhalga - 1941, Smolensk region ), a native of the Stavropol peasants, graduated from the literary department of the Institute of the Red Professors , went missing west of Spas-Demensk in October 1941
- Mother - Ekaterina Ferdinandovna Svetlova (1919, Moscow - 2008, Moscow), studied at the Moscow Aviation Institute
The first time Natalia Solzhenitsyna married a mathematician, a major specialist in algebraic geometry, Andrei Tyurin
The second time she married a Soviet writer, essayist, publicist, public figure, dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Sons:
- Dmitry Tyurin (1962 - 1994) (from the first marriage)
- Yermolay Solzhenitsyn (born 1970) (from his second marriage)
- Ignat Solzhenitsyn (born 1972) (from second marriage)
- Stepan Solzhenitsyn (born 1973) (from his second marriage)
grandchildren:
- Dmitry's daughter: Tatyana Tyurina
- children of Ermolai , Ignat , Stepan : Ivan Solzhenitsyn, Philip Solzhenitsyn, Vsevolod Solzhenitsyn, Andrey Solzhenitsyn, Dmitry Solzhenitsyn, Anna Solzhenitsyna, Ekaterina Solzhenitsyna
Rewards
- Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”, IV degree ( December 1, 2015 ) - for great merits in the development of national culture and art, many years of fruitful activity [13] ;
- Order of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine ( July 17, 2019 ) - for a great contribution to charitable and social activities [14] ;
- Clio Prize for the preservation and popularization of the work of Alexander Solzhenitsyn (2018) [15] .
Notes
- ↑ Natalia Solzhenitsyna: “Alexander Isaevich was very worried about Russia” // Novye Izvestia. - September 11, 2008.
- ↑ The Board of Trustees for the revival of the Solovetsky Monastery is created with the active participation of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation (inaccessible link) . ITAR-TASS.
- ↑ Volunteer Charitable Foundation .
- ↑ About the Memory Fund . Foundation “Perpetuating the memory of victims of political repression”. Date of treatment December 2, 2016.
- ↑ Saraskina L. Ch. 4. Ala: the possibility of happiness. Burned ships. / Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
- ↑ HBS Memorial
- ↑ Portrait of the artist’s wife . // Russian newspaper . - 22.6.2009.
- ↑ The best half of Solzhenitsyn is 70 years old . // Mosk. Komsomolets.
- ↑ Natalya Solzhenitsyna will not celebrate her 70th birthday .
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- ↑ Widow of Alexander Solzhenitsyn about Putin, Russia and France . Inopressa.ru, 03/21/2018.
- ↑ The new composition of the Council on Culture and Art was approved
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated December 1, 2015 No. 584 “On Awarding with State Prizes of the Russian Federation”
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of July 17, 2019 No. 337 “On Awarding with State Prizes of the Russian Federation”
- ↑ The widow of Solzhenitsyna received the Clio Award for preserving the writer's heritage . TASS, 9.2.2018.
Links
- N. Solzhenitsyna: Healthy nationalism and sighted patriotism are necessary . Channel One (December 15, 2014). - Natalya Solzhenitsyna answers the questions of Vladimir Pozner. Date of treatment December 16, 2014.
- Speech by Natalia Solzhenitsyna at the opening of the monument to Prince Vladimir // Rossiyskaya Gazeta. - 2016. - November 5.
- Varlamov A. The Silent History, or Why the Schoolboy “The Gulag Archipelago” // Thomas: Journal. - December 2010. - No. 12 (92) . - S. 10-16 .