Александар Солжењицин у совјетско-југословенским дипломатским односима (1962–1980)
Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s literary work in the context of Soviet-Yugoslav diplomatic relations 1962–1980

Summary/Abstract: In the first half of the 1960s, the works of Alexander Solzhenitsyn were frequently published in Yugoslavia, and the writer himself was talked about very positively in public and in official correspondence. The focus was on the work One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. The publication of the said work was approved in the USSR, so there were no problems in relations with Yugoslavia in that field. With the fall of Khrushchev, Solzhenitsyn’s position in the USSR deteriorated. Through the “Solzhenitsyn case”, SFR Yugoslavia showed independence and freedom of the press in its relations with the USSR. Solzhenitsyn’s works were printed and talked about positively, until the publication of The Gulag Archipelago. The publication of Solzhenitsyn’s works and positive articles about him in the Yugoslav press provoked significant protests from the Soviets, especially in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In the talks between Yugoslav and Soviet diplomats, the Yugoslav side responded very cautiously, saying that they were unaware of certain information and that the press was allegedly independent. After the publication of The Gulag Archipelago and his emigration, Solzhenitsyn was criticized in the Yugoslav press and ceased to be a stumbling block in Yugoslav-Soviet relations. Yugoslav official institutions stopped mentioning him or his works in the official documents. The Gulag Archipelago was published in SFR Yugoslavia only in 1988.

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