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The Iron Flood is a passionate chronicle of the heroic march in 1918 of many thousand of Red soldiers together with their families across the Caucasian mountains. Barefoot, hungry, exhausted, they rammed their way through to join the main forces of the Red Army. A lawless mob at first, they become a formidable force - the iron flood of the Revolution.Alexander Serafirmovich (1863-1949) was born on the Don. His father was paymaster in a Cossack regiment. When Alexander Serafimovich was eleven years old his family moved to the Cossack village of Ust-Medveditskaya (now the town of Serafimovich), where the boy began to go to high school. Soon after, his father died and with the death of the only bread-winner in the family life became difficult.In 1903-1907, his stories and sketches were featured in collections edited by Maxim Gorky.Serafimovich's best work, The Iron Flood, was written in 1921-23.Serafimovich, Alexander is the author of 'Iron Flood' with ISBN 9780898751994 and ISBN 0898751993.
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