About the book: 2019 / In French Sibérie, and in Russian - Siberia. This is the name of a small Mongol kingdom destroyed by the Russians after Ivan the Terrible's victory over the Tatars of Kazan in 1552. The symbol and beginning of the conquest and colonization of Siberia, which lasted for centuries. Geographically located in Asia, Siberia belongs to Europe in its history and civilization. Europe does not end in the Urals. I talk about this day after day, and before my eyes stretch forests, abandoned villages, large rivers, giant cities and monumental train stations. Spring suddenly appears on the route of the former Gulags. And the Trans-Siberian Express pushes Europe in front of it over 10 thousand kilometers and 9 time zones. "Siberia! Siberia!" - wheels tapping.