Nikolai Ostrovsky
Nikolai Alexeevich Ostrovsky( 29 September 1904 – 22 December 1936) was a Soviet socialist realist writer, of Ukrainian origin.
He is best known for his novel" How the Steel Was Tempered".
Mabel's Latest Prank
Mabel's Latest Prank is a 1914 film both starring and co-directed by Mabel Normand and Mack Sennett.
How the Steel Was Tempered (film)
How the Steel Was Tempered is a 1942 Soviet drama film directed by Mark Donskoy.
Pavel Korchagin (film)
Pavel Korchagin is a 1956 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov, based on the novel" How the Steel Was Tempered".
Sanglap Kolkata
Sanglap Kolkata or Sanglap theatre group is a Kolkata based Bengali theatre group.
The theatre group was founded in 1979.
The group's first production was" Ispat" based on Nikolai Ostrovsky's novel" How the Steel Was Tempered".
Pavel Korchagin (film)
Pavel Korchagin is a 1956 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov, based on the novel" How the Steel Was Tempered".
The Way Steel Was Tempered
The Way Steel Was Tempered is a 1988 Yugoslav film directed by Serbian director Želimir Žilnik.
It was nominated for a Golden St. George award at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival and has been screened at festivals worldwide such as the Toronto International Film Festival.
It was also shown at the Pyongyang Film Festival which frequently showed movies from non-aligned countries.
Mei Yi (translator)
Mei Yi( 2 January 1913- 13 September 2003) was a Chinese translator, journalist and politician.
In 1938 he translated the English version of" How the Steel Was Tempered", which was the earliest Chinese version.
How the Steel Was Tempered
How the Steel Was Tempered(" Kak zakalyalas' stal"') or The Making of a Hero, is a socialist realist novel written by Nikolai Ostrovsky( 1904 – 1936).
Pavel(" Pavka")
Korchagin is the central character.
The Backward Class
The Backward Class is a 2014 Canadian documentary film directed by Madelaine Grant.
The film follows the success of a group of ethnically disadvantaged students in Bangalore, India, in taking high- school graduation exams.
The film, created by a group of graduates of the University of British Columbia, premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in May 2014 and won the Audience Favourite award.
The 91- minute documentary was shot inside the Shanti Bhavan school, by Affinity Films.
Grant lived and worked at the school while making the film.
The dialogue is partly in English and partly in Tamil with English subtitles.
The film was later screened in Toronto, received positive reviews from" Now Magazine" and" The Globe and Mail".
One of the stars of the film, Mala Muniswamy, travelled from India to attend the film's premiere.

Question: Are The Backward Class and How The Steel Was Tempered (Film) both from the same country?
Answer: no