Word: melekhov
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Chiefly it is the story of the Melekhov family, and of its bravest son, Gregor. Even in his youth, Gregor "soberly and tranquilly" reflected: "I've lived and experienced everything in my day. I've loved women and girls, I've trodden the steppe, I've rejoiced in fatherhood, and I've killed men, have gone myself to face death, and delighted in the blue sky. What new thing can life show me? Nothing! And I can die! It won't be so terrible. I can play at war without risk...
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