One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

why was Ivan Denisovich arrested?

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I believe it was for criticizing Joseph Stalin in a private letter.

Official reason given - espionage.

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Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, published 1962

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