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Russians pay tribute to Solzhenitsyn

2008-08-06 07:31:38 GMT2008-08-06 15:31:38 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English

A grandson of Alexander Solzhenitsyn bids farewell at the coffin of the late writer and former Soviet dissident in the Academy of Science in Moscow Aug. 5, 2008. Russia paid tribute to Solzhenitsyn on Tuesday with all the hallmarks of an official lying in state, while Muscovites lined up to honour the Nobel Laureate.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

People bid farewell to the writer and former Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn in the Academy of Science in Moscow Aug. 5, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Alexander Solzhenitsyn's son Ignat and his grandson Andrei bid farewell at the coffin of the late writer and former Soviet dissident in the Academy of Science in Moscow Aug. 5, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Russia paid tribute to Solzhenitsyn on Tuesday with all the hallmarks of an official lying in state, while Muscovites lined up to honour the Nobel Laureate.

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