Memorial and historical complex in the village Karginskaya bokovsky district, Rostov Region - is one of the local attractions. It was here that his childhood and adolescent years of the famous writer MA Sholokhov. Here he began his literary career and published the first book.

Sholokhovs moved to the village in 1910. At that time, the farm had 260 yards and Church of the Intercession. Kargin worked in a couple of mills. The biggest of them belonged to TA Kargin. The two-storey mill on the bank of the Chira to churn, forge, locksmith, spacious zavozchitskoy where visitors spent the night, was known not only in the vicinity of the village, but also in the neighboring provinces. It is this writer mill depicted in his novel "And Quiet Flows the Don".

In 1912, the Sholokhov sent to male parochial school, and in 1914 he was taken to Moscow to study at the gymnasium named after Shelaputina. He then continued his studies in Boguchar and Vyoshenskaya gymnasiums. In 1920 he came to the village Karginskaya Soviet power. MA Sholokhov Cossack went to serve in the Council. In 1924, Mikhail brought his wife to the village. The family settled in the family home in a large room, which served as the writer office. It was here that he wrote the part of "Don stories" as well as the front pages of the famous novel "And Quiet Flows the Don". In 1926, the Sholokhov left Karghinskaya.

The architecture of the house Sholokhov, which they acquired in 1919, is a typical building of the early XX century., Typical of the Upper Don. The walls are built of adobe, reed roof. The house has two rooms, kitchen and porch. The atmosphere of the house was restored for the period 1924-1926 was also in the village Karghinskaya survived until today parochial school, where in 1912-1914 gg. the writer studied. The building steam mill Kargin, parish school and the home are the main objects of Sholokhov Karginsky memorial and historical complex.