Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded Natalia Solzhenitsyn with the Order “For merits to the fatherland“ third degree for her contribution to the development of national culture, RIA Novosti reported.
The decree was published on the website of officially issued legal acts.
„For her great contribution to the development of national culture, active charitable and social work, I award her with the order “For Merit to the Fatherland” III degree Natalya Dmitrievna Solzhenitsyn, president of the Russian Charity Foundation “Alexander Solzhenitsyn“, Moscow“, the document says.
85-year-old Natalia Solzhenitsyn is the widow of the Russian writer, playwright, historian and dissident from the time of the USSR Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who died in 2008. He became popular all over the world with his works "Gulag Archipelago" and "One day of Ivan Denisovich".