Near the end of this novel, the author inserts the first chapter, which has a dedication to Sasha Smolyan, as well as the results of a series of stress tests taking place seven days after the main action, which includes the crushing of Smetana's hand and Little Triger's work shoveling gravel.
Two characters in this work have a drunken brawl in a coffin-filled barn after Sayenko demands that Zagirov take off his boots, declaring the latter is his Tatar slave, whom he bought for ten-rubles. Another character in this work, after recalling the death of his brother Terenty, declares that "steel, steel, steel!" is needed to make life happy. Near the end of this novel, the author inserts the first chapter, which has a dedication to Sasha Smolyan, as well as the results of a series of stress tests taking place seven days after the main action, which includes the crushing of Smetana's hand and Little Triger's work shoveling gravel. The final words of this novel announce a record of 504 mixtures, smashing that set by Ishchenko, Mosya Weinstein, and Margulies of 429 mixtures of concrete. For 10 points, name this novel of socialist realism which spans a single record-setting day of labor, a work by Valentin Kataev. 
Two characters in this work have a drunken brawl in a coffin-filled barn after Sayenko demands that Zagirov take off his boots, declaring the latter is his Tatar slave, whom he bought for ten-rubles.
Time, Forward! [or Vremya, Vperyod!] 