The concept of "People Who Brought the Cold" is a story about the "small" people of the Big Game. History is made by sovereigns through the hard work of their subjects, whose names often do not remain in the collective memory. This book returns forgotten names.
Here is also about the Bekovich expedition, which began almost anecdotally, ended tragically, but with a striking, compelling to believe in miracles, ending. And about the amazing story of the Swede Renat, who later became one of the main characters of the "Tobol" by Alexey Ivanov, and about the translator-resident Vasily Bakunin. But my greatest love in this book is Tatar Mamet Tevkelev and Bogenbai-Batyr-the actual history of Kurultai and the annexation.
The book has accumulated colossal archival research, and the pathos of Great Deeds grows in it from the hard labor of everyday life, presenting a beautiful example of historical prose.