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Virgin Soil Upturned #1
夭賲蹖賳 賳賵 丌亘丕丿: 噩賱丿 丕賵賱
Mikhail Sholokhov is rightly considered both in his own country and abroad the foremost Soviet novelist of his generation.
Born in 1905, in a working Cossack family, Sholokhov's most impressionable years were those of the Russian Revolution and Civil War, which he had described with penetrating insight.
In 1926, he began his great epic of the Civil War And Quiet Flows the Don, and , to use his own words, 聯found himself聰 as a writer 聯in that arduous and joyful creative work聰. And Quite Flows the Don was completed in 1940. The first book of Virgin Soil Upturned came out in 1932. The second was competed in 1960. In 1957 Sholokhov wrote a story, The Fate of a Man, which has become world famous. Also, he was working on They Fought for Their Country, a novel about Soviet people in the Second World War. Sholokhov is truly a writer of the people. His books have been printed in more than thirty-two million copies and translated into sixty-four languages.
Through the scene is set in a small Cossack village, Sholokhov's scope is no less great than in his other work, for the fate of his characters is the fate of a whole nation undergoing the greatest social revolution in its history.
A process of change had been set afoot that was to spread into every corner of Cossack life. Outworn traditions and habits were swept aside, personalities and ideas that had taken generations to form were either broken or made anew and all this in the face of bitter opposition from those who could not or would not change.
With a telling humanity Sholokhov depicts the faults and strivings, the suffering and laughter both of the fighters for progress with whom he himself has such deep ties, and their opponents.
This book has a fundamental message for those who wish to understand the stresses and strains of Soviet life from the 1930's to the present day.
504 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1932
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228听books479听followersMikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov was awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the artistic power and integrity with which, in his epic of the Don, he has given expression to a historic phase in the life of the Russian people."
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September 6, 2017
Virgin Soil Upturned, Book 1, Mikhail Sholokhov
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov (May 24 [O.S. May 11] 1905 鈥� February 21, 1984) was a Soviet/Russian novelist and winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is known for writing about life and fate of Don Cossacks during the Russian Revolution, the civil war and the period of collectivization, primarily the famous And Quiet Flows the Don.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 趩賴丕乇丿賴賲 賲丕賴 噩賵賱丕蹖 爻丕賱 1970 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 夭賲蹖賳 賳賵丌亘丕丿 - 噩賱丿 蹖讴賲貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賲蹖禺丕卅蹖賱 卮賵賱賵禺賮貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賲.丕. 亘賴 丌匕蹖賳 (賲丨賲賵丿 丕毓鬲賲丕丿夭丕丿賴)貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賳蹖賱貙 1348貙 丿乇 丿賵 噩賱丿貨 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 1357貨 趩丕倬 丿蹖诏乇: 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 爻乇賵貙 1363貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 乇賵爻蹖賴 賯乇賳 20 賲
丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov (May 24 [O.S. May 11] 1905 鈥� February 21, 1984) was a Soviet/Russian novelist and winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is known for writing about life and fate of Don Cossacks during the Russian Revolution, the civil war and the period of collectivization, primarily the famous And Quiet Flows the Don.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 趩賴丕乇丿賴賲 賲丕賴 噩賵賱丕蹖 爻丕賱 1970 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 夭賲蹖賳 賳賵丌亘丕丿 - 噩賱丿 蹖讴賲貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賲蹖禺丕卅蹖賱 卮賵賱賵禺賮貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賲.丕. 亘賴 丌匕蹖賳 (賲丨賲賵丿 丕毓鬲賲丕丿夭丕丿賴)貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賳蹖賱貙 1348貙 丿乇 丿賵 噩賱丿貨 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 1357貨 趩丕倬 丿蹖诏乇: 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 爻乇賵貙 1363貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 乇賵爻蹖賴 賯乇賳 20 賲
丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
April 26, 2020
丌禺乇丕蹖 噩賱丿 蹖讴 鬲丕夭賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘賴 噩賳亘 賵 噩賵卮 丕賮鬲丕丿貙亘丕蹖丿 丿蹖丿 噩賱丿 丿賵 趩賴 禺亘乇賴...
March 25, 2015
Have just read this again after a gap of thirty-six years.
July 7, 2020
丕夭 禺賵賳丿賳 噩賱丿 丕賵賱 亘爻蹖丕乇 賱匕鬲 亘乇丿賲 賵 毓丕卮賯 卮禺氐蹖鬲 亘丕亘丕卮趩賵讴丕乇 卮丿賲. 卮禺氐蹖鬲 倬乇丿丕夭蹖 賴丕 賮賵賯 丕賱毓丕丿爻.
鬲乇噩賲賴 亘賴 丌匕蹖賳 丕夭 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 禺蹖賱蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵亘
鬲乇噩賲賴 亘賴 丌匕蹖賳 丕夭 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 禺蹖賱蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵亘
April 22, 2016
There are moments of great lyrical beauty here in the descriptions of nature and in places where the old world of the Cossacks peeks through the party rhetoric, as in the beginning of the affair between Andrei and Marina. In these parts of the book I could feel the presence of the author of Quiet Flows the Don. But the rest of the book is the poorly written rant of a party hack. It almost feels like there were two authors. Although the story does show some of the ups and downs in the process of collectivization, and even sometimes displays a bit of sympathy for the farmers who resisted, it is largely a whitewash of a brutal and misguided process where the best farmers were branded as kulaks, had their property confiscated and were sent into exile, while the less successful were herded into collective farms and bullied into compliance. The result, predictably, was mass starvation and effective genocide that reduced the population of the Don Cossacks to half of the pre-WWI level by the time the drive for collectivization was over. None of this is even hinted at in this book that was written more than a decade after the disastrous results of collectivization were well known, at least to people at the top. In the book, the only Bolshevik who is guilty of any misbehavior is Makar Nalgunov who beats one middle peasant and imprisons three others overnight to force them to go along with the collectivization program; for this he is threatened with expulsion from the party as a left deviationist in the wake of Stalin's famous Dizzy With Success article that signaled a temporary retrenchment in collectivization. But all is forgiven and by the end he is readmitted to the party as a honored servant of the World Revolution. The only truth here is that most of Stalin's henchmen got theirs from their beloved leader not long after they finished dishing out a heaping helping of suffering to the rest of the country. So was Sholokhov a coward, a fool, a misguided apologist for a cause that he considered noble or a knowing servant of evil who willingly participated to ensure his own survival? Probably all of the above.
September 24, 2020
One of the best books I have read, which gave me an unforgettable insight into the soviet world.
April 7, 2015
I wanted to read more Sholokhov after "The Quiet Don". Unfortunately, "Virgin Soil Upturned" pales in comparison. It's not bad, it's just that the bar was set too high.
Anyway, this is fictional account of Soviet collectivization of a Cossack farm in the late 1920's. It's a bit more propaganda-ish than "The Quiet Don", but there is still a lot of content that I'm surprised passed Stalin's censors. The story itself is compelling enough that I'm going to jump right into Part Two.
Anyway, this is fictional account of Soviet collectivization of a Cossack farm in the late 1920's. It's a bit more propaganda-ish than "The Quiet Don", but there is still a lot of content that I'm surprised passed Stalin's censors. The story itself is compelling enough that I'm going to jump right into Part Two.
November 10, 2018
The downside of reading a book like this is I expect my next book to be at least closely as good as this one. A tough challenge for all those authors out there. Mikhail Sholokhov is no joke, he got a Noble !. Didn't feel like going though 900 pages even though the book was heavy to hold. Sholokhov's view on communism was brutally blunt. That's why he was even banned from Russia. Davydov is one of my favorite fictional characters now. He was misguided but such an inspiration for the youth.
October 8, 2014
This is a work of the social realist school which from our perspective means that it is totally devoid of any literary merit. However, it is the best account we have of the collectiviaztion process and the life inside the collectives. As an historical document it is of enormous value.
November 28, 2007
Superb depiction. All should know what had actually happened during collectivisation days in Soviet Union.
January 26, 2010
讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖 卮賵賱賵禺賮 乇賵 賴賲蹖卮賴 賲蹖 鬲賵賳蹖 丨爻 讴賳蹖 亘丕 鬲賲丕賲 賵噩賵丿 貙 禺蹖賱蹖 毓丕賱蹖 亘賵丿
September 25, 2015
丿賮丕毓蹖 鬲賲丕賲 賯丿 丕夭 爻蹖丕爻鬲 丕卮鬲乇丕讴蹖 卮丿賳 賲夭丕乇毓 賵 丕蹖噩丕丿 讴丕賱禺賵夭賴丕 丿乇 乇跇蹖賲 讴賲賵賳蹖爻鬲蹖 卮賵乇賵蹖 賵 丿賵乇賴 丕爻鬲丕賱蹖賳
March 6, 2021
Nowhere near as good as Quiet Flows the Don. Almost makes you believe the conspiracy theory that he didn't write it.
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April 2, 2020Ge莽en g眉nlerde yitirdi臒imiz De臒erli 脟evirmen Nihal Ye臒inobal谋'n谋n y谋llar 枚nce 莽evirdi臒i "Uyand谋r谋lm谋艧 Toprak" roman谋, Sovyet Yazar 艦olohov'un Nobel Edebiyat 脰d眉l眉 kazanmas谋nda etkili olmu艧 莽ok 枚nemli bir roman! 艦olohov, "Uyand谋r谋lm谋艧 Toprak" roman谋nda, Sovyet Rusya ve Sovyet Ukrayna ile ilgili "benzersiz" 枚yk眉ler anlat谋yor. Sovyetler Birli臒i'nin kurulu艧u ard谋ndan, 1924 y谋l谋nda, Sovyet Lider Lenin'in vefat谋 ile, Sovyet Liderli臒i'ni Stalin devralm谋艧t谋, Stalin'in ba艧latt谋臒谋 bir 莽ok reformlardan biri de, "topraklar谋n kamula艧t谋r谋lmas谋" idi, bu y枚nde "Kolhoz"lar, "Sovhoz"lar ("眉retme 莽iftlikleri") kuruldu, "kooperatif莽ilik" yayg谋nla艧t谋r谋ld谋. 艦olohov, "Uyand谋r谋lm谋艧 Toprak" roman谋n谋 Sovyetler'de "topraklar谋n kamula艧t谋r谋lmas谋" y谋llar谋ndan 枚yk眉lerle kurguluyor, Sovyet Kom眉nist Partisi M眉fetti艧i David'in Sovyet kasabalar谋nda, k枚ylerinde yapt谋臒谋 ara艧t谋rmalar, roman谋 olu艧turuyor. 艦olohov'un "Uyand谋r谋lm谋艧 Toprak" roman谋, Sovyetler Birli臒i'nin kurulu艧 y谋llar谋ndan 陌kinci D眉nya Sava艧谋 y谋llar谋na "k谋rsal tarihi"ni, "k枚yl眉 tarihi"ni, Sovyet Kom眉nist Partisi tarihini anlamak i莽in mutlaka okunmas谋 gereken kitaplardan biridir, T眉rk莽e'de "benzersiz" bir roman "Uyand谋r谋lm谋艧 Toprak", De臒erli 脟evirmen Nihal Ye臒inobal谋'n谋n da bir "hat谋ra"s谋!
December 17, 2019
讴鬲丕亘 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲乇丿賲 乇賵爻蹖賴 乇賵 丿乇 爻丕賱賴丕蹖 丕賵賱蹖賴 丕賳賯賱丕亘 亘賴 鬲氐賵蹖乇 賲蹖讴卮賴 卮賵賱賵禺賵賮 丕爻鬲丕丿 鬲氐賵蹖乇 爻丕夭蹖 亘丕 讴賱賲丕鬲賴 賵賱蹖 亘賴 诏賲丕賳賲 鬲賲丕賲 賯丿乇鬲卮 乇賵 丿乇 丿賳 丌乇丕賲 禺乇噩 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿賴 賵蹖丕 丕蹖賳讴賴 乇賵爻蹖賴 鬲夭丕乇蹖 鬲氐賵蹖乇 倬乇 賳賯卮 鬲乇蹖 丕夭 卮賵賵乇賵蹖 讴賲賵賳蹖爻鬲 丿乇 匕賴賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丿丕卮鬲賴
February 11, 2022
Trejetas, ir ne daugiau. Net anais laikais, kai nebuvome i拧lepinti daugybe knyg懦, 拧is romanas pasirod臈 kur kas silpnesnis u啪 "Tyk懦j寞 Don膮".
May 11, 2022
Tad vis d臈lto kaip ten buvo, kai tuos kol奴kius steig臈? 艩i knyga pad臈s su啪inoti.
December 30, 2015
A powerful piece of Russian literature (volume 1 of a series), written by a committed communist, but one with his eyes open. The story unfolds in a little Don Cossack village in the early Stalin years where voluntary collectivization is being established (Part of the NEP). New versus old ways are sensitively described. Sholokhov passionately believes in the new order, but is repectful of those who still cling to the old ways ... except the Kulaks! Particularly beautiful are the beginnings of several chapters where the changing of the seasons are lovingly described. The sky. The earth. The mists. The smells. The characters are real people, not proto-people, and the story is not one-dimensional. Sholokhov, while a man of the people is also a man of the land.
August 24, 2021
蹖丕讴賵賮 賱賵讴蹖趩 讴賴 丿乇 丕噩乇丕蹖 丿爻鬲賵乇 倬賵賱賵賵鬲爻賮 亘蹖卮 丕夭丕賳丿丕夭賴 禺賵卮 禺丿賲鬲蹖 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿貙 趩蹖夭蹖 賳賲丕賳丿 讴賴 亘乇 爻乇 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇 爻賲鬲 讴丕乇倬乇丿丕夭蹖 讴丕賱禺賵夭 乇丕 丕夭 丿爻鬲 亘丿賴丿. 芦亘丕 丕蹖賳 鬲丿亘蹖乇 賵乇夭賵賴丕卮丕賳 蹖禺 賲蹖 夭賳賳丿! 丌賳賴丕貙 亘爻 讴賴 丕丨賲賯 丕賳丿貙 亘丕賵乇 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 讴賴 鬲賵 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 賳馗丕賮鬲 賲蹖 讴賳蹖. 賵賱蹖 丕爻亘 賴丕 乇丕 禺賵亘 賲賵丕馗亘卮丕賳 亘丕卮. 胤賵乇蹖 讴賴 丕诏乇 賱丕夭賲 亘賵丿 賴賲 丕賲乇賵夭 丌賲丕丿賴 禺丿賲鬲 噩賳诏蹖 亘丕卮賳丿.禄 卮亘 倬蹖卮 倬賵賱賵賵鬲爻賮 亘丕 賵蹖 趩賳蹖賳 诏賮鬲賴 亘賵丿. 蹖丕讴賵賮 賱賵讴蹖趩 賴賲 诏賮鬲賴 丕賵 乇丕 亘賴 丕噩乇丕 丿乇丌賵乇丿賴 亘賵丿.
September 29, 2018
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May 5, 2019
I read this during a 3-year Russian reading kick I was on. It was pretty good. My Russian pen pal in Siberia told me that Sholokhov had been a mainstream (approved) Soviet writer and to keep that in mind. Still, it was worth reading from a historical perspective.
October 6, 2018
丕賱賯丕鬲賱 賱賵胤賳賴 丕賱兀賲 賲賷鬲 賵廿賳 賰丕賳 賷毓賷卮
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