Moscow, August 5, 2008. Farewell to Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn was held in the building of the Academy of Sciences. Photographed by Dmitry Borko. Photo essay of Faces Literature and History Lesson: Writers on Solzhenitsyn Lev Rubinstein. One century of Alexander Isaevich

The funeral of Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Photo '' Echo of Moscow '' Hundreds of Muscovites gathered in the Donskoy monastery at the Trans -Coat Liturgy in Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Echo of Moscow reports. At 11-00, the funeral service began. Then the funeral will take place. In the Big Cathedral, where the service is going on, there is a writer's family - his widow with his sons.

The funeral of Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Photo '' Echo of Moscow '' Over a thousand Muscovites were present in the Donskoy monastery at the Trans -Coat Liturgy and Burial of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Echo of Moscow reports. Solzhenitsyn is buried in the central part of the old cemetery of the Don Monastery. The grave of the writer is located behind the altar of the temple of John the Lynchik - the Christian ascetic and abbot of the Sinai Monastery.

Vladimir Putin. Frame of Channel One Prime Minister Vladimir Putin expects that at the Beijing Olympics, the Russian team will surpass its successes of the last three games. According to RBC, he said this in an interview with the Chinese media. “We confidently enter the three leaders of an informal general team offset with China and the USA. And we expect that soon in Beijing we can not only repeat, but also surpass these successes,” Putin said.

Photo from Newsru.com In Mauritania there was a military coup. According to the Air Force, the president and prime minister of the country are arrested. On Wednesday, state television ceased to work in the country, and there were also reports of the movement of troops in the capital, the city of Nuakshot. The newly established State Council, led by the former chief of presidential security, said that Sidi Uld Sheikh Abdallani is no longer president of the country.

North Pole. Photo from the site www.geadventures.com British scientists from the University of Doreme ( Durham University ) made a detailed map of the Arctic regions (PDF) around which disagreements may arise in the future. In their work, they were based on the study of historical and modern arguments of countries that argue about how state borders should take place in the Arctic, BBC News writes.

George Bush, US President, Tony Blair, ex-Prime Minister of Great Britain. Frame NTV The Council of Muftis of Russia created a working group to consider the idea of ​​creating an international Islamic tribunal, reports Echo of Moscow. According to an anonymous source in the Russian Foreign Ministry, the idea of ​​creating such an international institution can turn into a grandiose world scandal.

On the exchange. Photo by the Air Force On Tuesday, August 5, the RTS index, reflecting the dynamics of the Russian stock market, fell to the mark of 1812 points, having lost 4.42 percent. The MICEX index decreased by 3.72 percent and closed below the psychologically important level of 1,400 points. Thus, both indexes reached the smallest value this year. The previous minimum on the RTS was recorded on February 8. MICEX fell to the level of autumn 2006.

Karajich at a meeting of MTBU. Photo Reuters The American organization REWARD for Justice ("Award for the Truth") paid an unknown to the unknown five million dollars for helping the capture of the ex-leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Radovan Karadzhich, reports RIA "Novosti" with reference to the Belgrade Press newspaper. The publication, in turn, retranses the statement of an unnamed Western diplomat.

South Ossetia. Photo by RIA "News" Tskhinvali refuses the two -way meeting with the representative of Georgia planned for Thursday and offers a full meeting of the mixed control commission on August 9, RIA Novosti reports. "The South Ossetian side refuses the bilateral meeting of the co -chair of the SCC from South Ossetia Boris Chopyev and the state minister of reintegration of Georgia Temur Jacobashvili and offers a full meeting of the UKC to Tskhinvali on August 9," Chopyev himself said.

Sulim Yamadaev. Photo from Newsru.com The former commander of the Vostok battalion, the Russian Ministry of Defense, Sulim Yamadaev, was put on the federal wanted list. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Chechnya Ruslan Alkhanov at a meeting with the President of the Republic Ramzan Kadyrov.

Ilya Milstein The last classic died, and almost everyone wrote about this, after the death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, after the death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn. That rare case when the stamp is appropriate and extremely accurate. The word "last" is also not clumsy hearing. Times such and literature are such that it is difficult to continue the series. And what is a classic writer in Russia? The scale of the personality, the highest skill, worldwide glory?

Ben Bernanke, head of the US Federal Reserve. Photo Reuters The US Federal Reserve has retained the accounting rate on Tuesday at the level of two percent, Reuters reports. Before that, it was lowered in April. Due to the economic crisis, a smooth reduction in the rate has been taking place since September 2007, when it was 3.25 percent.

Eduard Limonov. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru Che Guevara, in his camping diary, I remember, each time summed up the results of the month. Apparently, he was taught how he was taught at the Argentine school, and maybe he taught his father-appropriate, history is silent. In any case, in the diary that remained and was published after him, he summed up the results of the months. So I will try to take the results of July 2008.

Photographed by Dmitry Borko. "Letter of Lent" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn to Patriarch Pimen, written in 1972 in support of ROC priest Gleb Yakunin