Virgin Soil Upturned
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Virgin Soil Upturned is a Soviet-era novel by Mikhail Sholokhov that portrays the collectivization of agriculture in the Don region and the resulting social and political upheavals among peasants.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Virgin Soil Upturned canonical | 4 |
| Virgin Soil | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virgin Soil Upturned Context triple: [Mikhail Sholokhov, notableWork, Virgin Soil Upturned]
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- 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: Virgin Soil Upturned Target entity description: Virgin Soil Upturned is a Soviet-era novel by Mikhail Sholokhov that portrays the collectivization of agriculture in the Don region and the resulting social and political upheavals among peasants.
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A.
Holy Ground
"Holy Ground" is a hip-hop track by DJ Khaled from his album "Father of Asahd," featuring his signature polished production and high-profile collaborators.
-
B.
What Have They Done to the Rain
"What Have They Done to the Rain" is a 1962 protest song by Malvina Reynolds that laments environmental destruction and the threat of nuclear fallout.
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C.
Digging
"Digging" is a celebrated poem by Seamus Heaney that reflects on heritage, manual labor, and the poet’s craft through memories of his father and grandfather working the land.
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D.
Brokedown Palace
"Brokedown Palace" is a reflective, country-tinged ballad by the Grateful Dead, known for its gentle melody and themes of farewell and homecoming.
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E.
Honor Thy Mother
"Honor Thy Mother" is a dramatic work by writer Robert L. Freedman, best known for his stage and television scripts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Soviet film adaptations ⓘ |
| associatedRegion | Don Cossack region ⓘ |
| author | Mikhail Sholokhov ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| depicts |
collective farms
ⓘ
kulaks ⓘ party activists ⓘ peasants ⓘ |
| firstPartPublicationPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| genre |
political novel
ⓘ
socialist realist novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
Cossack peasants
ⓘ
collective farm chairman ⓘ kulak opponents of collectivization ⓘ party organizer ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | Soviet perceptions of collectivization ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Book One of Virgin Soil Upturned
ⓘ
Book Two of Virgin Soil Upturned ⓘ |
| ideologicalContext | Soviet socialist realism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | historical novel ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Socialist realism
ⓘ
linked to:
socialist realism
|
| mainTheme |
Soviet agrarian policy
ⓘ
class struggle in the countryside ⓘ collectivization of agriculture ⓘ social upheaval among peasants ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of resistance to collectivization
ⓘ
detailed depiction of rural Soviet life ⓘ representation of party activists in the countryside ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | major work of Mikhail Sholokhov ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Stalin era ⓘ |
| portrays |
Soviet collectivization campaign
ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet collective farm system
conflict between traditional peasant life and socialism ⓘ ideological transformation of peasants ⓘ political repression in the countryside ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Don region ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Soviet rural society
ⓘ
agrarian reform ⓘ party-state power in villages ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1930s ⓘ |
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Subject: Virgin Soil Upturned Description of subject: Virgin Soil Upturned is a Soviet-era novel by Mikhail Sholokhov that portrays the collectivization of agriculture in the Don region and the resulting social and political upheavals among peasants.
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