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11:04 GMT, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 12:04 UK

In pictures: Solzhenitsyn lies in state

An aerial view of the coffin of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, on display in Moscow

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The once-exiled Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who died on Sunday, was renowned for his exposure of Stalin's prison system. His open coffin is on display in central Moscow's Academy of Sciences.

A woman queues to pay her respect to Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn

A woman queues to pay her respect to Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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Many queued in the rain, clutching flowers, to pay tribute to the dissident whose accounts of the harsh lives of Soviet prisoners reflected his own eight years in the gulag.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn lying in state in Moscow

Alexander Solzhenitsyn lying in state in Moscow

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The Nobel laureate died of heart failure at the age of 89. His body will be buried in an Orthodox ceremony at Moscow's 16th Century Donskoi Monastery on Wednesday.

The family of Alexander Solzhenitsyn surround his casket on display in Moscow

The family of Alexander Solzhenitsyn surround his casket on display in Moscow

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His family, including his sons, grandchildren and his kneeling wife Natalya, led the mourners.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin lays roses at the coffin of Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was among those who offered condolences to the family of the author whose Soviet citizenship was restored in 1990.

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