And Quiet Flows the Don

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epic novel historical novel novel

"And Quiet Flows the Don" is a classic epic novel by Mikhail Sholokhov that portrays the lives, struggles, and transformations of Don Cossacks during World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the Civil War.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
And Quiet Flows the Don canonical	4
Quiet Flows the Don (film adaptation)	3
And Quiet Flows the Don (1957 film)	1
And Quiet Flows the Don (TV series)	1
Book 1 of And Quiet Flows the Don	1
Book 2 of And Quiet Flows the Don	1
Book 3 of And Quiet Flows the Don	1
Book 4 of And Quiet Flows the Don	1
Mikhail Sholokhov novel And Quiet Flows the Don	1
Quiet Flows the Don	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1947361 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: And Quiet Flows the Don
Context triple: [Soviet literature, notableWork, And Quiet Flows the Don]

A. Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago is a classic 1965 epic romantic drama film set during the Russian Revolution, renowned for its sweeping cinematography, tragic love story, and Omar Sharif’s iconic lead performance.
B. Doctor Zhivago (novel)
Doctor Zhivago (novel) is Boris Pasternak’s epic 1957 Russian novel that follows the life and loves of a physician-poet amid the turmoil of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath.
C. War and Peace
War and Peace is a monumental 19th-century Russian novel that intertwines the lives of aristocratic families with the historical events of the Napoleonic Wars, exploring themes of history, fate, and human nature.
D. War and Peace
"War and Peace" is a 1956 epic historical drama film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel, featuring Audrey Hepburn in a leading role.
E. The Life of Klim Samgin
The Life of Klim Samgin is a multi-volume novel by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that chronicles the life of an intellectual protagonist against the backdrop of Russia’s social and political upheavals from the late 19th century to the 1917 Revolution.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: And Quiet Flows the Don
Target entity description: "And Quiet Flows the Don" is a classic epic novel by Mikhail Sholokhov that portrays the lives, struggles, and transformations of Don Cossacks during World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the Civil War.

A. Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago is a classic 1965 epic romantic drama film set during the Russian Revolution, renowned for its sweeping cinematography, tragic love story, and Omar Sharif’s iconic lead performance.
B. Doctor Zhivago (novel)
Doctor Zhivago (novel) is Boris Pasternak’s epic 1957 Russian novel that follows the life and loves of a physician-poet amid the turmoil of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath.
C. War and Peace
War and Peace is a monumental 19th-century Russian novel that intertwines the lives of aristocratic families with the historical events of the Napoleonic Wars, exploring themes of history, fate, and human nature.
D. War and Peace
"War and Peace" is a 1956 epic historical drama film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel, featuring Audrey Hepburn in a leading role.
E. The Life of Klim Samgin
The Life of Klim Samgin is a multi-volume novel by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that chronicles the life of an intellectual protagonist against the backdrop of Russia’s social and political upheavals from the late 19th century to the 1917 Revolution.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	epic novel ⓘ historical novel ⓘ novel ⓘ
adaptation	And Quiet Flows the Don (1957 film) ⓘ linked to: And Quiet Flows the Don And Quiet Flows the Don (TV series) ⓘ linked to: And Quiet Flows the Don
author	Mikhail Sholokhov ⓘ
awarded	Nobel Prize in Literature (to its author) ⓘ linked to: Nobel Prize in Literature
completionYear	1940 ⓘ
contributedTo	Nobel Prize in Literature 1965 for Mikhail Sholokhov ⓘ linked to: Nobel Prize in Literature
countryOfOrigin	Russia ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
firstPublicationYear	1928 ⓘ
firstPublisherCountry	Soviet Union ⓘ
genre	historical fiction ⓘ social realist novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ
hasPart	Book 1 of And Quiet Flows the Don ⓘ linked to: And Quiet Flows the Don Book 2 of And Quiet Flows the Don ⓘ linked to: And Quiet Flows the Don Book 3 of And Quiet Flows the Don ⓘ linked to: And Quiet Flows the Don Book 4 of And Quiet Flows the Don ⓘ linked to: And Quiet Flows the Don
literaryMovement	socialist realism ⓘ
literarySignificance	considered one of the great Russian novels of the 20th century ⓘ major work of Soviet literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	Aksinia ⓘ Daria ⓘ Grigori Melekhov ⓘ Ilinichna ⓘ Natalia ⓘ linked to: Natalya Pantelei Melekhov ⓘ Piotr Melekhov ⓘ
mainLocation	Don Cossack villages ⓘ Don region ⓘ
notableTheme	breakdown of traditional society ⓘ conflict between personal feelings and duty ⓘ impact of war on rural communities ⓘ political polarization ⓘ tragedy of civil war ⓘ
originalLanguage	Russian ⓘ
publicationForm	tetralogy ⓘ
settingPeriod	Russian Civil War ⓘ Russian Revolution ⓘ World War I ⓘ
subject	Cossack traditions ⓘ Don Cossacks ⓘ civil conflict ⓘ class struggle ⓘ love and family ⓘ peasant life ⓘ war and revolution ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet literature → notableWork → And Quiet Flows the Don ⓘ

Don → mentionedInWork → And Quiet Flows the Don ⓘ

Where Have All the Flowers Gone? → inspiredBy → Mikhail Sholokhov novel And Quiet Flows the Don ⓘ