As the Steel Was Tempered

Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904 - 1936) - writer who created the immortal image of Pavel Korchagin, who for many years has become a symbol of selfless devotion to the idea. The integrity, stamina, courage of the main character of the famous, largely autobiographical novel "How Steel was tempered", has become an example to follow and the reason for the admiration of many generations of readers of the twentieth century. Ostrovsky believed that it was the idea that remains the main component of the human person, not allowing a person to lose himself, to waste on trifles. The novel "How Steel was tempered" diverged with millions of circulations.
The image of Pavel Korchagina flawlessly embodied on the domestic screen Vasily Lanova in the sensational feature film "Pavel Korchagin" and Vladimir Konkin - in the multi -part film "How steel was tempered."