Amur Wolves

«Amur Wolves» — an adventurous «collective novel», based on real events and reflecting the harsh reality of the Russian frontier.
Robberies of caravans with gold from the Nimanskaya gold mines, raids by khunkhuz on the Far East, the Russian-Chinese armed conflict of 1900, the arson of the steamer «Muravyov-Amursky», high-profile criminal incidents in Blagoveshchensk — all of this was covered in the press of those years and formed the basis of a captivating narrative. Events in «Amur Wolves»: what historical facts underlie it, real events in the novel «Amur Wolves» — these are exactly the queries readers pose, wanting to separate truth from fiction.
The authors of the «collective novel» were not fiction writers. They were journalists, crime reporters, newspaper freelancers. The central role and great credit for the emergence of «Amur Wolves» belongs to Alexander Ivanovich Matyushensky. A man whose writing experience was shaped not only in the offices of newspapers and magazines but also in the dramatic events that filled his life.
There is no doubt that Matyushensky went through a very winding life path, but separating truth from legend in his biography is more challenging than distinguishing real history from fiction in «Amur Wolves». Truth and fiction in «Amur Wolves», the historical accuracy of «Amur Wolves» — topics for lively discussions among history and literature enthusiasts.