The Thaw

short novel by Ilya Ehrenburg
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The Thaw

Summary

The Thaw is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (155 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Thaw authored Ilya Ehrenburg[3].
  • The Thaw's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Thaw was published by Sovetsky Pisatel[5].
  • The Thaw's genre is short novel[6].
  • The Thaw's depicts is recorded as Ilya Ehrenburg[7].
  • The Thaw's language of work or name is recorded as Russian[8].
  • The Thaw was published on 1954[9].
  • The Thaw's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Оттепель'}[10].
  • The Thaw's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Tauwetter'}[11].
  • The Thaw's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Ottepel'}[12].
  • The Thaw's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Thaw'}[13].
  • The Thaw's title is recorded as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Degelo'}[14].
  • The Thaw's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Le Dégel'}[15].
  • The Thaw's title is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Il disgelo'}[16].
  • The Thaw's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[17].
  • The Thaw's form of creative work is recorded as novel[18].

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Authorship and Creation

The Thaw authored Ilya Ehrenburg[3]. It was published by Sovetsky Pisatel[5].

Publication

The Thaw was published on 1954[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as Russian[8]. Its genre is short novel[6].

Cultural Impact

Things named for The Thaw include Khrushchev thaw[19], a historical period[20], in Soviet Union[21].

Why It Matters

The Thaw ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (155 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

Entities named for it include Khrushchev thaw[19], a historical period[20], in Soviet Union[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Maraschino Cherry · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publisher Sovetsky Pisatel
    Form of creative work novel
    Language of work or name Russian
    Author Ilya Ehrenburg
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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