By Π’Π°ΡΠΊΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΠΈΡ Π°ΠΈΠ» ΠΠ»Π΅ΠΊΡΠ°Π½Π΄ΡΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ
Π£Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ ΡΠ±ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ·Ρ ΠΎΡ ΠΏΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ ΠΈΠ· Π‘ΠΈΠ±ΠΈΡΠΈ Π²ΠΊΠ»ΡΡΠ°Π΅Ρ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΊΠ°Π·Ρ, ΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠΈ ΠΈ ΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈ, Π½Π°ΠΏΠΈΡΠ°Π½Π½ΡΠ΅ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π² ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ»ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π²Π΅ΠΊΠ°, ΡΠ°ΠΊ ΠΈ Π½Π΅Π΄Π°Π²Π½ΠΎ, Π½Π°ΠΏΡΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ ΡΠΊΠΎΠ»ΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΡ Β«ΠΠΎΠ»Π΅Ρ ΡΠΎΠ²ΡΒ» ΠΈ Π·Π°ΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ²ΠΊΠΈ ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π²ΠΈΠΆΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠ°Ρ ΠΌΠ°Π»ΡΡ Π³ΠΎΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ². ΠΠ° ΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΈ ΡΠ΅ΡΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠΈ Π²Π΅ΠΊΠ° Π°Π²ΡΠΎΡ Π²Π΅Π΄Π΅Ρ Π»Π΅ΡΠΎΠΏΠΈΡΡ ΡΠΈΠ±ΠΈΡΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΠΆΠΈΠ·Π½ΠΈ, ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΠ°Ρ ΡΠ²ΠΎΡ Β«Π‘ΠΈΠ±ΠΈΡΠΈΠ°Π΄ΡΒ» ΠΎΡ ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠΊΠΈΡ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½ Π΄ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ. ΠΠ½ΠΈΠ³Π° ΠΈΡΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΈΡΠΏΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΡ, Ρ ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠΌΠΈ ΡΡΠ°Π»ΠΊΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΡ ΡΠ΅, ΠΊΡΠΎ Π΄ΠΎΡΠΎΠΆΠΈΡ Π²Π΅ΠΊΠΎΠ²ΡΠΌ ΡΠΊΠ»Π°Π΄ΠΎΠΌ ΠΈ ΡΡΠ°Π΄ΠΈΡΠΈΡΠΌΠΈ ΠΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π°. ΠΡΠΎΠΈΠ·Π²Π΅Π΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΡΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠΆΠ΄Π°Π΅Ρ, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΈΡΡΠΈΠ½Π½ΠΎΠ΅ ΡΠΏΠ°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π·Π°ΠΊΠ»ΡΡΠ°Π΅ΡΡΡ Π² ΡΠΏΠΎΡΠΎΠ±Π½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ Π»ΡΠ±ΠΈΡΡ ΡΠ²ΠΎΡ Π ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½Ρ, Π΅Π΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ΄Ρ, ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΈΡ , ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΡΠ°ΠΉΠ³Π° ΠΈ Π²Π΅Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΠ½ΠΈΡΠ΅ΠΉ, Π° ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ Π»ΡΠ΄Π΅ΠΉ, ΠΆΠΈΠ²ΡΡΠΈΡ Π½Π° Π΅Π³ΠΎ Π±Π΅ΡΠ΅Π³Π°Ρ , ΡΠΎ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠΈ ΠΈΡ Π½Π΅ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΡΡΠ²Π°ΠΌΠΈ. ΠΠ»Π°Π²Π½ΡΠ΅ Π³Π΅ΡΠΎΠΈ ΠΈ ΡΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π»Ρ Π°Π²ΡΠΎΡΠ° β ΡΡΠΎ ΡΠ°ΠΌΠ° ΡΠ΅ΠΊΠ° ΠΠ½ΠΈΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΡΠ΅, ΡΠ΄ΠΈΠ²ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ Π»ΡΠ΄ΠΈ, ΡΡΠΈ ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΠΈ ΡΠ°ΡΠΊΡΡΠ²Π°ΡΡ ΡΡΡΠΎΠ²ΡΡ ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠΎΡΡ ΡΠΈΠ±ΠΈΡΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ Π΄ΡΡΠΈ.
This unique collection of prose from a Siberian writer features stories, novellas, and essays, spanning works from the late last century to recent creations like the school novella "Owl's Flight" and sketches about devotees in small towns. For a quarter-century, the author has chronicled Siberian life, continuing his "Siberiade" from Soviet industrial times to the present day. The book explores the challenges faced by those who cherish ancestral ways and the foundational traditions of their homeland. It posits that true salvation lies in the capacity to love one's Motherland, its natural bounty like the taiga and the mighty Yenisei River, and its people, despite their imperfections. The author's primary mentors are the Yenisei River itself and the simple, remarkable individuals inhabiting its banks, whose stories unveil the austere beauty of the Siberian spirit.