How Steel Was Tempered - Fast Reading of Literary Classics for Primary School Students

Author: (Russian) Ostrovsky, original author; Guo Dan, Tu Qiusheng, Nie Ping, compilers
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book is set against the historical period surrounding the Russian October Revolution (1915 to the early 1930s) and depicts the social changes, class struggles, and the psychological states of people from various strata during that time. In 1917, the Russian October Revolution broke out, ending the dark rule of the Tsar and establishing a dictatorship of the proletariat. The newly born Soviet state faced formidable tasks: domestically, to dismantle the old state machinery, suppress counter-revolutionary forces, and actively carry out economic construction; externally, to resist the armed intervention of imperialists and defend the new regime. This novel vividly and realistically reflects the social reality of that historical period, truly deserving of being called a great epic of the Soviet Revolution and construction.