Alyoshka the Baptist is part of a work group with the protagonist of this novel; that group is Gang
In this novel, the protagonist's wife writes a letter suggesting that he take up carpet-dyeing. The protagonist of this novel owns a spoon with the phrase "Ust-Izhma" engraved on it. Toward the beginning of this novel, the protagonist  (*) sews a piece of bread into his mattress. Alyoshka the Baptist is part of a work group with the protagonist of this novel; that group is Gang 104.The protagonist of this novel is threatened with three days of solitary confinement for sleeping in. For 10 points, Shukhov is the last name of the protagonist of what Alexander Solzhenitsyn novel set in a prison camp?
In this novel, the protagonist's wife writes a letter suggesting that he take up carpet-dyeing.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich  (or  Odin den Ivana Denisovicha )