In this Oct. 28, 1994 file picture, Alexander Solzhenitsyn speaks in the Duma, the Russian parliament's lower chamber in Moscow, with the state flag in the background. In his first official address since returning to Russia from 20 Years exile, Solzhenitsyn spoke of the Russian social situation. Russian news agencies say Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel prize-winning chronicler of the horrors of the Soviet gulag system, died late Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008, according to his son. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin)