Nizhnevartovsk Philological BulletinNizhnevartovsk Philological Bulletin2500-1795Nizhnevartovsk State University8920810.5281/zenodo.4277633Research ArticleALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN'S JOURNALISM DURING THE «EXILE» PERIODSebelevaA. VCandidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor-Nizhnevartovsk State University1512202052434626112021Copyright © 2020, Sebeleva A.V.2020Alexander Solzhenitsyn was a bright, original and thought-provoking writer. In addition to his writing, he left a legacy of criticism and journalism that is significant for the history of Russian literature. Solzhenitsyn's work as a publicist teaches respect for the national cultural and spiritual heritage. Insufficient attention to the writer's historical and journalistic activities sometimes led to narrowed ideas about how Solzhenitsyn evaluated certain phenomena of Russian literature, culture, and society as a whole. Insufficient attention to the journalistic activities of the author of “GULAG Archipelago” and “Оne day of Ivan Denisovich” is also explained, in our opinion, by the fact that until recently the motives of his contradictory attitude to Russian culture were not fully revealed. The author of the article refers to the two most significant, in our opinion, articles: “Remorse and self-restraint as categories of national life” and “Speech at Harvard”. We conducted a review of critical articles about the journalistic work of Solzhenitsyn. In the Harvard speech, Solzhenitsyn appeals to his contemporaries in the West to change, to be reborn in order to avoid a complete historical collapse. The article “Remorse and self - restraint as a category of national life” defined the Central concepts in the writer's journalism-the ideals of spiritual improvement are opposed to anthropocentric tendencies. In the course of the research, we come to the conclusion that the entire literary and journalistic work of the writer is based on major philosophical, socio-political and aesthetic ideas: the struggle for spirituality, morality and realism. The pathos of moral self-consciousness and self-determination, Christian ideals that permeate all of Solzhenitsyn's work, characterize his views on the history of Russian art. All this makes the scientific heritage of the writer-publicist extremely valuable for Russian literature and literary criticism.journalismA.I. Solzhenitsynliterary criticismspirituality in literaturemoralityпублицистикаА.И. Солженицынлитературная критикадуховность в литературенравственность[Залевский Томаш «Ричард Пайпс о Солженицыне: смешанные чувства» // ИноСМИ.ру URL: https://inosmi.ru/world/20080804/242982.html (11.10.2020).][Копелев Лев «Письмо Солженицыну» // ЛитМир. Электронная библиотека URL: https://www.litmir.me/br/?b=581407&p=1 (11.10.2020).][Павлова Т.А. Концепция ненасилия в публицистике А. Солженицына. 60-е - начало 80-х годов // Ненасилие как мировоззрение и образ жизни. М.: ИВИ РАН, 2000. С. 213-238.][Снитковский В. 25 лет кликушества // Газета русскоязычной Америки «Еврейский мир» URL: http://evreimir.com/102 (11.10.2020).][Солженицын А.И. Пресс-конференция о сборнике «Из-под глыб» (16 ноября 1974) // Публицистика: В 3 т. Ярославль: Верх.-Волж. кн. изд-во, 1996. Т. 2: Общественные заявления, письма, интервью. С. 130-166.][Эпштейн М. Русские страницы Интелнета // Виртуальная библиотека: книги, статьи, эссе URL: http://www.emory.edu/INTELNET/esse_obshchestvo_nravstv.html (11.10.2020).]