About the book: 1973 / Kursk Magnetic Anomaly - the greatest iron ore basin on the planet. Readers' interested attention is attracted by both the dramatic history of the KMA and the rapid scale of construction of a gigantic industrial complex in the heart of the Russian Federation. Writer Georgy Kublitsky talks about many aspects of life and everyday life in mining towns, about giant quarries where machines born of the scientific and technological revolution operate , about the deeds and heroes of the ore basin.