Virgin Soil Upturned

Mikhail Sholokhov

Collectivization transforms a Cossack village in the Don region as communist organizers attempt to establish a collective farm. Sholokhov follows the clashes between political demands, rural loyalties and private hopes across the complete two-part novel, bringing the upheaval into the lives of villagers and party activists.

Collectivization; Rural life; Cossacks; Soviet politics