Virgin Soil Upturned (Podnyataya Tselina)

Mikhail Alexandrovich Sholokhov is known to many generations of readers primarily as the author of the universally beloved novel 'Quiet Flows the Don' and such works as 'Tales of the Don,' 'They Fought for Their Country,' and 'The Fate of a Man.' In 1965, the writer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 'for the artistic power and integrity of his epic poem about the Don Cossacks at a turning point in Russia's history.' Sholokhov's novel 'Virgin Soil Upturned' is among the most famous works of Soviet literature. Davydov, a communist, arrives in the village of Gremyachiy Log on a mission from the party. He is ready to begin collectivization, and he is supported by the village council chairman, Razmetnov, and the party secretary, Nagulnov, but all three encounter resistance from the local residents. Sholokhov created a book that leaves a far from unambiguous impression: the main characters of his novel are people who are undoubtedly honest and respectable, but at the same time obsessed with the idea of ​​collectivization (the 'second Bolshevik revolution'), which for many turned out to be cruel and destructive.