This novel was very popular in the Soviet Union and was the top bestseller and compulsory reading there, where it was seen as ideologically useful; for similar reasons, the novel has been popular in the People's Republic of China as well.
这部小说在苏联广受欢迎，在那儿成为畅销书和必读书，因为意识形态上可被利用；由于类似原因它在中国也很出名。