Taiga Dead End. Wanderings

When in 1978 geologists accidentally discovered the hermit's settlement of the Lykovs on the Abakan River, Vasily Mikhailovich Peskov was the first reporter to cover this story, and since then he has not left the taiga Robinsons alone, becoming the... chronicler of the family. His essays caused a huge resonance in the Soviet press and brought the author worldwide fame. Over time, they formed the documentary novel "Taiga Dead End", the amazing story of the Old Believers Lykovs and their younger daughter Agafya became a kind of document of the era, opening up a huge layer of the people's history of the country.
Vasily Peskov is a journalist, photographer, naturalist, and traveler, who hosted one of the most beloved programs on Soviet television - "In the World of Animals". His essays about the nature of his native country earned him the love of millions of readers. The travel notes and reports of V. M. Peskov are characterized by a touching poeticization of the surrounding space, be it rural life, the icy expanses of the Arctic, or the harsh taiga. The writer's trips across the country and the world as a correspondent for "Komsomolskaya Pravda" constituted the book "Wanderings", which invites the reader to become a companion in an exciting journey through Africa, Europe, America, and Antarctica.