Virgin Ground Upturned
Mikhail Sholokhov
About this book
Mikhail Sholokhov's novel depicting Soviet collectivisation in the Don Cossack region of Russia in the early 1930s, as a Communist activist attempts to reorganise a village into a collective farm. Published in two parts (1932 and 1960), it is a major work of Soviet literary realism.
Why it was banned
Reported as prohibited in Ketziot Prison.
Censorship history
Reported as prohibited in Ketziot Prison during the first Intifada. Like the simultaneously banned And Quiet Flows the Don, this Sholokhov novel was restricted in Ketziot; the prohibition of both major works by the same Soviet author illustrates the broad sweep of the prison's censorship regime.
Bans
| Country | Year | Reasons | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | —lifted | Political | ||
| Reported as prohibited in Ketziot Prison (Ansar III), Negev, Israel | ||||