How the Steel Was Tempered
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| Author | Nikolai Ostrovsky |
|---|---|
| Original title | Как закалялась сталь |
| 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.
During the World War 2 era, many in the Russian were very poor. Pavel Korchagin, the protagnist, is one of them. It was based on the real life events of its own writter: Nikolai Ostrovsky. In real life, his father died, and his mother worked as a kitchen chef. As he joined the war with the red army of communist party, he lost his right eye because of an infection.
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