About the book: 1968 / The novel "October Lightnings" and the story "Maiden's Field" included in the book make up a duology, the main character of which is the Bolshevik Stepan Severyanov, a young teacher, former front-line soldier. His life is a vivid example of selfless service to the party, the working people, and the great cause of the proletarian revolution. “October Lightnings” is a true, moving story about how the peasants of a remote forest region, together with the first rural Bolsheviks, fought for their native Soviet power. The action of the story “ Maiden Field" takes place in the summer of 1918 in Moscow at a congress-course for internationalist teachers.