1953, February
End of sentence but is exiled for life in Kok-Terek region of the Dzhambul region of Kazakhstan.
1953, March 5
Learns of Stalin’s death and writes the poem "The Fifth of March".
1953, April 25
Teaches mathematics and physics at Kok-Terek.
1953, Spring
Notices cancer is returning. Begins to write down texts of "Dorozhenka" from memory. Resumes correspondence with relatives.
1953, November
After receiving permission for a medical examination in Dzhambul, leaves Kok-Terek. At the regional hospital in Zhambul learns that he has about three weeks to live.
1953, December
Is treated with tincture of Issyk-Kul root. Buries a champagne bottle with pages of his works, twisted into a tube. On the last day of the year goes to Tashkent for cancer treatment.
1954, January
Treatment is started radiotherapy, chemotherapy, blood transfusions.
1954, 18 February
Discharged from Oncology Center and returned to Kok-Terek.
1954, June-August
Repeat treatment in Tashkent, conceived the novel Cancer Ward.
1955
Teaches at Kok-Terek school and writes the novel The First Circle.
1955, September
Solzhenitsyn writes a petition to NS. Khrushchev on removal of restrictions on movement.
1956, April
Lifting of exile
1956, May 5
Receives a general citizen’s passport.
1956, June 20
Leaves Kok-Terek for Moscow.
1956, August 24
Appointed as a teacher in Mezinovsky high school in the Kurlovsky region of the Vladimir district. Here he rents a room from a widow named Matryona, brought to life in his short story, "Matryona’s Home".
1956, Autumn
The first version of the novel The First Circle completed.
