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Published May 24, 1973
How the Steel was Tempered
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How the Steel Was Tempered (Russian: Как закалялась сталь, Kak zakalyalas' stal') or The Making of a Hero, is a socialist realist novel written by Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904–1936). With 36.4 million copies sold, it is one of the best-selling books of all time.
