Gold Rush

Nikolai Pavlovich Zadornov (1909–1992) — a well-known Soviet writer, author of several novels dedicated to the exploration of Siberia and the Far East by Russian settlers. The novel «Gold Rush» (1969) continues his famous duology «Amur-Batyushka». The life of gold... miners in the Priamurye region is depicted as restless, dangerous, full of difficulties and passions. The reader will learn about the fates of already familiar characters (Egor Kuznetsov, Dunya and Ilya Bormotov, Timokha Silin) and get acquainted with new colorful personalities. The action takes place in the second half of the 19th century, and the fate of the vast Russian Empire depends, among other things, on what is happening here, on the distant shores of Amur-Batyushka...