Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov (1905–1984) is one of the most significant writers of Russian Soviet literature, winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize for the novel “Quiet Don,” which brought the author world fame. This edition includes the novels “Quiet Don” and “Raised Virgin Land", stories from early collections - "Don Stories", "Azure Steppe", - as well as stories beloved by readers of many generations, "Nakhalenok", "The Fate of a Man" and chapters from the novel "They Fought for the Motherland" - based on this novel by Sergei Bondarchuk in 1975 he directed a feature film of the same name, which became an absolute masterpiece of all time.