1927, 9 November
Enters the second class of the Rostov high school, № 15.
1929
Beginning of childhood literary creative work. Reads L.N. Tolstoy’s War and Peace.
1930, 6 January, Christmas Eve
Search of his mother’s apartment, arrest of his grandfather. Note: Christmas is celebrated on January 7 in Russia.
1930, September 9
Fell head-first on the sharp edge of a stone doorstep, leaving him with a deep scar on his forehead.
1931, Spring
Joined the Pioneers, a children’s organization run by the Communists.
c. 1932
Death of his grandfather Z.F Shcherbak (mother’s father) in the dungeons of the secret police.
1934
Composes the Complete Collected Works of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in school notebooks, that includes stories, tales, verse.
1936, 26 June
Completed Rostov high school № 15 with a gold medal.