1967: Solzhenitsyn's novel Cancer Ward is published. It is even more critical of the Soviet system than _One Day ..._, and it is seized by the KGB. Solzhenitsyn's work can only be published in the Soviet Union through samizdat, whereby typewritten copies of his work are circulated underground.
1970: Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize for Literature. He can't accept the award in person, because he would almost certainly be seized by the KGB if he returned to the USSR.
1973-74: The first and second volumes of The Gulag Archipelago are published in Paris, after several publishers rejected the manuscript, fearing Soviet retaliation. The _Gulag Archipelago_ provides in-depth accounts of the Soviet prison camps, and the suffering and death of countless millions.
1974: Solzhenitsyn is expelled from the Soviet Writers' Union.
1976: Solzhenitsyn is arrested for "subversive activity" and exiled to West Germany. He eventually settles in the United States.
The Solzhenitsyn affair is significant because it highlighted the brutal reality of the Soviet regime and the lengths to which the government would go to suppress dissent. Solzhenitsyn's work inspired other dissidents to speak out against the Soviet system and helped to bring about its eventual collapse.