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Adventures in the Wilds of the Golden Taiga

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Prospectors and gold miners called the Angara-Yenisei region the "golden taiga." And how could it be otherwise, since gold was mined here? The precious metal's reserves were vast, and many people flocked here in search of fortune and adventure. One day, on a steamship sailing from the Turukhansk region, the renowned explorer Chekanovsky met the peasant Katayev. Having heard of the unusual Podkamennaya Tunguska, the latter decided to embark on a risky journey to this enigmatic and mysterious river. All these events took place against the backdrop of the world powers' immense interest in the northern territories of the Russian Empire and the search for convenient routes to the cold seas. True adventures await Katayev, the American athlete Churchill, the first Irkutsk motorist Yakovlev, and their friends on the journey to the golden taiga. The reader will learn about the pioneers and explorers of the Kara Sea and the great Lena River, and will follow the travelers along the Angara and Yenisei. Numerous documents on the development of northern rivers will complement this story. Much of the narrative is factual, but not entirely without its fiction. However, it is also based on reliable facts.
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