The first circle / Aleksandr I. Solzhenit︠s︡yn. Translated from the Russian by Thomas P. Whitney. V kruge pervom. English Solzhenit︠s︡yn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918-2008. Political persecution Soviet Union Fiction. 891.73 SOF Translation of V kruge pervom. New York : Harper & Row, 1968. 1968. 1968 Text xiii, 580 p. eng eng rus Soviet Union Politics and government 1917-1936 Fiction. Soviet Union Politics and government 1936-1953 Fiction. Soviet Union Russian fiction