About the book: 2014 / The Mystery of Baikal: Fantastic story. Rice. I. Koroleva (Forgotten paleontological fiction. Volume VI). - B.m.: Salamandra PVV, 2014. - 76 p., illus. — (Polaris: Travel, adventure, fiction. Vol. LII). The heroes of S. Glagolin’s story experience dangerous adventures at the bottom of Lake Baikal, where they discover a whole world of relict creatures and... underwater saboteurs. This story, first published in 1937, literally cost the author his life: during a trip to Lake Baikal, actor, director and writer S. Glagolin came to the attention of the NKVD, and a few years later he was arrested by “valiant security officers” and perished in the Soviet Union. camps.