How the Steel Was Tempered

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Soviet novel novel socialist realist novel

How the Steel Was Tempered is a classic socialist realist novel by Nikolai Ostrovsky that follows the ideological and personal formation of a young Bolshevik during the Russian Civil War and early Soviet era.

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Label	Occurrences
How the Steel Was Tempered canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet novel ⓘ novel ⓘ socialist realist novel ⓘ
adaptedAs	film ⓘ stage play ⓘ television series ⓘ
author	Nikolai Ostrovsky ⓘ
basedOn	Nikolai Ostrovsky's own experiences ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Soviet Union ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	Soviet Union ⓘ
follows	life of a young Bolshevik ⓘ
genre	bildungsroman ⓘ political novel ⓘ socialist realism ⓘ
hasAutobiographicalElements	true ⓘ
ideologicalFunction	model of the ideal Soviet citizen ⓘ
influencedBy	Leninism ⓘ surface form: Bolshevik Party ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
languageOfWork	Russian ⓘ
literaryMovement	socialist realism ⓘ
literaryStatus	classic of Soviet literature ⓘ classic of socialist realist literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	Pavel Korchagin ⓘ
narrativeLocation	Russian Empire ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
notableCharacter	Rita Ustinovich ⓘ Tonia Toumanova ⓘ Zhukhrai ⓘ
originalLanguage	Russian ⓘ
portrays	Komsomol youth ⓘ Red Army ⓘ surface form: Red Army fighters civil war hardships ⓘ physical disability of the protagonist ⓘ
promotes	devotion to the Communist Party ⓘ selfless labor for socialism ⓘ
publicationPeriod	1930s ⓘ
setDuring	Russian Civil War ⓘ early Soviet era ⓘ
symbolism	steel as metaphor for character formation ⓘ
targetAudience	Soviet youth ⓘ
theme	Bolshevik ideology ⓘ class struggle ⓘ collectivism ⓘ formation of communist consciousness ⓘ heroism ⓘ personal sacrifice ⓘ revolutionary struggle ⓘ self-discipline ⓘ
usedAs	educational reading in the Soviet Union ⓘ

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Soviet literature → notableWork → How the Steel Was Tempered ⓘ