Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn vs Angela Merkel
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Compare the life timelines of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) and Angela Merkel (1954–present) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 54 years, from 1954 to 2008.
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008)
- — Born in Kislovodsk Verified
- — Graduated in mathematics from Rostov State University Verified
- — Arrested and sentenced to eight years in labour camps Verified
- — One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich published in Novy Mir Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature Verified
- — The Gulag Archipelago published in Paris Verified
- — Expelled from the Soviet Union Verified
- — Settled in Cavendish, Vermont Verified
- — Returned to Russia Verified
- — Died in Moscow Verified
Angela Merkel (1954–present)
- — Born in Hamburg Verified
- — Family settles in Templin, East Germany Verified
- — Studies physics at the University of Leipzig Verified
- — Works as a researcher at the Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Earns a doctorate in quantum chemistry Verified
- — Enters politics during the fall of East Germany Verified
- — Elected to the Bundestag Verified
- — Serves as a federal minister under Helmut Kohl Verified
- — Elected leader of the Christian Democratic Union Verified
- — Serves as Chancellor of Germany Verified