Virgin Soil Upturned
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Virgin Soil Upturned is a Soviet-era novel by Mikhail Sholokhov that portrays the collectivization of agriculture in the Don region and the resulting social and political upheavals among peasants.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Virgin Soil | 1 |
| Virgin Soil Upturned canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Soviet film adaptations ⓘ |
| associatedRegion | Don Cossack region ⓘ |
| author | Mikhail Sholokhov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| depicts |
collective farms
ⓘ
kulaks ⓘ party activists ⓘ peasants ⓘ |
| firstPartPublicationPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| genre |
political novel
ⓘ
socialist realist novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
Cossack peasants
ⓘ
collective farm chairman ⓘ kulak opponents of collectivization ⓘ party organizer ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | Soviet perceptions of collectivization ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Book One of Virgin Soil Upturned
ⓘ
Book Two of Virgin Soil Upturned NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideologicalContext | Soviet socialist realism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | historical novel ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Socialist realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Soviet agrarian policy
ⓘ
class struggle in the countryside ⓘ collectivization of agriculture ⓘ social upheaval among peasants ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of resistance to collectivization
ⓘ
detailed depiction of rural Soviet life ⓘ representation of party activists in the countryside ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | major work of Mikhail Sholokhov ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Stalin era ⓘ |
| portrays |
Soviet collectivization campaign
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
conflict between traditional peasant life and socialism ⓘ ideological transformation of peasants ⓘ political repression in the countryside ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Don region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Soviet rural society
ⓘ
agrarian reform ⓘ party-state power in villages ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1930s ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Virgin Soil