About the book: 2009 / In a harsh struggle with nature, in hard work, a strong-willed and courageous character was born, who is capable of great achievements. Today's Siberians inherited it from the brave pioneers who settled here in the 17th century and established the power of the Russian state in Siberia. The Siberian freemen were already fighting irreconcilable class battles with predatory warlords. These battles ended at the end of the century with the famous Krasnoyarsk riot. In their social struggle, Russian Cossacks walked hand in hand with simple foreigners - the original inhabitants of the Yenisei region. The origins of the Siberian character, the emergence of friendship between service people and the aborigines of Siberia are described in the novel “Wild Blood” by Anatoly Chmykhalo. It traces the fates of many service people of Krasny Yar - a city on the Yenisei, which became a stronghold in the Russian development of these lands and played a large role in the revival of the small peoples of Siberia.