How the Steel Was Tempered

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How the Steel Was Tempered
Author Nikolai Ostrovsky
Country U.S.S.R.
Language Russian
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher
Released 1936
Media Type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN NA

How the Steel Was Tempered is a socialist realism novel written by Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904-1936) during Stalin's era. Pavel Korchagin is the central character.

The USSR adapted part of the novel to a film titled Pavel Korchagin in 1956. In this film, Korchagin was acted by Vasily Lanovoy.

As late as 2000, China adapted the novel to a TV series of the same title, and all the members in the cast were from Ukraine.

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