How the Steel Was Tempered

1932 novel by Nikolai Ostrovsky
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How the Steel Was Tempered
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Summary

How the Steel Was Tempered is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,386 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Nikolai Ostrovsky[3]
  • Publisher: Molodaya Gvardiya[4]
  • Genre: socialist realism[5]
  • Commons category: How the Steel Was Tempered[6]
  • Language of work or name: Russian[7]
  • Country of origin: Soviet Union[8]
  • Inception: 1930[9]
  • Publication date: 1932[10]
  • Has edition or translation: Q117279989[11], Q117281045[12]
  • Title: Как закалялась сталь[13], Wie der Stahl gehärtet wurde[14], How the Steel Was Tempered[15], Kiel la ŝtalo estis hardata[16], Así se templó el acero[17], Et l’acier fut trempé[18], Come fu temprato l’acciaio[19], كيف سقينا الفولاذ[20], Polad necə bərkidi[21], Як гартавалася сталь[22], Как се каляваше стоманата[23], Jak se kalila ocel[24], Πως δενότανε τ' ατσάλι[25], چگونه فولاد آبدیده شد[26]
  • Has characteristic: debut novel[27]
  • Derivative work: How the Steel Was Tempered[28]
  • Copyright status: public domain[29]
  • Form of creative work: novel[30]

Why It Matters

How the Steel Was Tempered has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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