What was the name of the secret police that arrested Solzhenitsyn during World War II?
KGB
NKVD
SMERSH
Gestapo
Answer
Solzhenitsyn was arrested by SMERSH, a Soviet counter-intelligence agency active during World War II. He was sentenced to eight years in the Gulag and then internal exile for criticizing Joseph Stalin.
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