He is the most popular writer in the genre of Soviet realism.

So here we have the Russian ruble, nominal - 2. The year of issue of this coin is 2005. Mint: Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Total circulation – 10.000. The coin is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the writer Mikhail Sholokhov.

Mikhail Sholokhov was born on May 24, 1905 on Vyoshenskaya, Donetsky district, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire. Russian Soviet writer, journalist and screenwriter.

Sholokhov's first book was Tales from the Don, a collection of stories largely based on his personal experiences in his native region during World War I and the Russian Civil War, it was published in 1926. The story "Nakhalyonok", partly based on his own childhood, was later made into a popular film.

In the same year, Sholokhov began writing And Quiet Flows the Don, which took him fourteen years to complete in 1926 – 1940. It became the most-read work of Soviet historical fiction, and it earned him the 1941 State Stalin Prize. It deals with the experiences of the Cossacks before and during World War I and the Russian Civil War.

Another novel, Virgin Soil Upturned, which earned a Lenin Prize, took 28 years to complete. It is composed of two parts, Seeds of Tomorrow in 1932 and Harvest on the Don in 1960, and reflects life during collectivization in the Don area. It was heralded as a powerful example of socialist realism.