| LIFE—THE WRITER —YOUNG PEOPLE | |
| 7 | [introduction.] |
| 7 | On the International Scene |
| 12 | At the Bidding of the Heart |
| 16 | A Humanist Is the Man Who Fights |
| 28 | Sholokhov’s Continuing and Profound Involvement in the Affairs of Youth |
| Part I | |
| Life | |
| 31 | From AN ADDRESS TO THE CONSTITUENCY OF THE NOVOCHERKASSK ELECTION DISTRICT |
| 34 | ON THE DON |
| 39 | COSSACK COLLECTIVE FARMS |
| 44 | VILENESS |
| 44 | ON THE WAY TO THE FRONT |
| 49 | FIRST ENCOUNTERS |
| 53 | RED ARMY MEN |
| 59 | PRISONERS-OF-WAR |
| 64 | A LETTER TO LENINGRADERS |
| 65 | THE SCIENCE OF HATRED |
| 80 | A LETTER TO AMERICAN FRIENDS |
| 82 | A VICTORY SUCH AS HISTORY HAS NEVER KNOWN |
| 83 | A SPEECH ADDRESSED TO THE ELECTORATE OF VESHENSKAYA |
| 84 | From the article A WORD ABOUT MOTHERLAND |
| 106 | From A SPEECH ADDRESSED TO THE ALL-UNION CONFERENCE OF PEACE CHAMPIONS |
| 107 | From the article THE FIRSTBORN OF OUR GREAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS |
| 115 | LONG LIVE, MY PARTY! |
| 117 | TO OUR UKRAINIAN BROTHERS |
| 118 | ADMIRATION AND PRIDE (On the flight of the world’s first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin) |
| 118 | THE BEACON FOR MANKIND |
| 119 | THE GREATEST FEAT (On the spaceflight of the second cosmonaut Herman Titov) |
| 119 | THE WHOLE NATION SALUTES YOU, PRAVDA! |
| 119 | I EMBRACE YOU WITH FATHERLY AFFECTION (On the spaceflight of Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky) |
| 120 | TO THE SHOCK WORKERS OF COMMUNIST LABOUR |
| 120 | I GLADLY ACCEPTED THE INVITATION |
| 121 | COMMUNISTS OF THE QUIET DON COLLECTIVE FARM SET THEIR TARGETS (From a speech addressed to a collective farm Party meeting] |
| 123 | HANDS OF GLEZOS! |
| 123 | GREATNESS OF THE SOUL |
| Part II | |
| The Writer | |
| 127 | THE WRITER AND THE CRITIC MUST DO AN HONEST JOB |
| 134 | TO THE ENGLISH READERS (Foreword to the English publication of “And Quiet Flows the Don”) |
| 135 | LITERATURE IS PART OF THE GENERAL PROLETARIAN CAUSE (From a speech addressed to a meeting of shock workers of the Lenzavod Factory and the Rostov Railway Junction) |
| 141 | HE WILL BE A MODEL OF COURAGE FOR MILLIONS |
| 142 | ABOUT THE SOVIET WRITER |
| 144 | A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PEOPLE |
| 144 | A BOLSHEVIK WRITER |
| 145 | From A SPEECH MADE AT THE 18TH PARTY CONGRESS |
| 149 | A MIGHTY ARTIST |
| 150 | From A SPEECH AT THE FUNERAL OF ALEXEI TOLSTOI |
| 151 | A GREAT FRIEND OF LITERATURE |
| 154 | TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN LITERATURE (Speech at the gathering held in honour of this occasion) |
| 155 | A RADIO ADDRESS |
| 156 | I WISH YOU HAPPINESS, UKRAINIAN PEOPLE! |
| 158 | SPEECH AT THE SECOND ALL-UNION CONGRESS OF SOVIET WRITERS |
| 166 | PASSIONATE AND TRUTHFUL |
| 167 | FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART |
| 167 | A LETTER TO THE EDITORS OF INOSTRANNAYA LITERATURA |
| 170 | NEW YEAR WISHES |
| 170 | From A SPEECH ADDRESSED TO THE 20TH PARTY CONGRESS |
| 181 | THE UKRAINE’S GREAT SON |
| 182 | TO HUNGARIAN WRITERS |
| 182 | KEEP IN STEP WITH THE PARTY, WITH THE PEOPLE |
| 183 | THE TREASURE-STORE OF FOLK WISDOM |
| 184 | A LETTER TO THE NAVY |
| 185 | From A SPEECH ADDRESSED TO THE ELECTORATE OF TAGANROG |
| 187 | READERS WANT NEW BOOKS ABOUT THE PRESENT DAY |
| 188 | TO THE EDITORS OF PRAVDA |
| 188 | INTERVIEW GIVEN TO A CORRESPONDENT OF LITERATURNAYA GAZETA |
| 190 | ABOUT SEMYON DAVIDOV (From a talk addressed to the workers of the Kirov Plant in Leningrad) |
| 191 | CONSOLIDATION, AND ONCE AGAIN CONSOLIDATION! |
| 191 | FIDELITY TO THE IDEALS OF COMMUNISM |
| 193 | A LETTER TO CHARLES PERCY SNOW |
| 194 | SPEECH AT A SESSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF WRITERS |
| 195 | WHEN WRITERS ARE FRIENDS WITH THEIR HEROES |
| 196 | BOOKS ABOUT THE GLORY OF THE WORKING CLASS ARE NEEDED |
| 197 | FOR A STRONGER ALLIANCE BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND ART |
| 199 | OPENING SPEECH AT THE SECOND CONGRESS OF WRITERS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| 202 | A WORD OF THANKS |
| 202 | TO THE SWEDISH ROYAL ACADEMY |
| 203 | TO PRAVDA |
| 203 | AN INTERVIEW GIVEN TO A PRAVDA CORRESPONDENT |
| 204 | THE VITAL STRENGTH OF REALISM |
| 207 | NEW YEAR WISHES |
| 207 | SPEECH IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE DIPLOMA OF HONORARY DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY CONFERRED BY THE KARL MARX UNIVERSITY IN LEIPZIG |
| 208 | SPEECH AT THE 23RD PARTY CONGRESS |
| 216 | From the letter A HUMANIST IS THE MAN WHO FIGHTS |
| 218 | PREFACE TO THE BOOK HISTORY OF THE KIROV PLANT |
| 218 | SPEECH MADE AT THE POLISH EMBASSY IN MOSCOW |
| 219 | A TELEGRAM TO THE INTERNATIONAL LITERARY SYMPOSIUM |
| 220 | SPEECH AT THE 24TH PARTY CONGRESS |
| Part III | |
| Young People | |
| 227 | From A SPEECH ABOUT MAXIM GORKY |
| 229 | THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE THEATRE OF COLLECTIVE FARM COSSACK YOUTH IN VESHENSKAYA |
| 230 | WE ARE WITH YOU WITH ALL OUR HEARTS |
| 231 | THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE THEATRE OF COLLECTIVE FARM COSSACK YOUTH IN VESHENSKAYA |
| 232 | YOUR FAITHFUL COMPANION |
| 233 | From A SPEECH MADE AT THE THIRD CONGRESS OF KAZAKH WRITERS |
| 235 | IT IS A GREAT HONOUR TO WRITE FOR THE PEOPLE (Speech addressed to a seminar of young writers of Rostov and Kamensk Regions) |
| 236 | SPEECH AT THE THIRD ALL-UNION CONFERENCE OF YOUNG WRITERS |
| 238 | NEVER FORGET FRIENDSHIP |
| 238 | A LETTER TO LVOV STUDENTS |
| 239 | THE PRIDE OF MY COUNTRY |
| 239 | A LETTER TO TWO PUPILS OF SCHOOL NO. 2 IN BELAYA TSERKOV, A VILLAGE IN KIEV REGION |
| 240 | TO MY DON COUNTRYMEN |
| 240 | HEARTFELT THANKS (From the answering speech made in the Kremlin during the presentation of the Lenin Prize for “Virgin Soil Upturned”) |
| 242 | From A SPEECH MADE AT THE 22ND CONGRESS OF THE CPSU |
| 251 | TO THE YOUNG PIONEERS |
| 251 | TO THE YOUNG FARMERS |
| 251 | TO THE YOUTH OF VESHENSKAYA |
| 252 | TO THE YOUTH OF THE DON COUNTRY |
| 252 | ENTRY MADE IN THE YOUNG GUARD PUBLISHERS VISITORS’ BOOK |
| 253 | THE LAND NEEDS YOUNG HANDS |
| 256 | BE PATRIOTIC ALWAYS (From a conversation with DagJicstan schoolgirls) |
| 258 | From a SPEECH AT THE FOURTH CONGRESS OF SOVIET WRITERS |
| 263 | WHAT HAPPINESS TO LIVE AMONG SUCH SPLENDID PEOPLE! (Speech at the Third All-Union Congress of Collective Farmers) Comrades! |
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