About the book: 2021 / Vasily Ivanovich Balyabin (1900-1990) is one of the first Soviet writers in Siberia who successfully developed the historical-revolutionary theme, a participant in the Civil War on the side of the Bolsheviks. In 1933 he was convicted as an active participant in the “right deviation”. In 1952 he was rehabilitated. Since 1953 - member of the Writers' Union. The novel "Transbaikalians" is dedicated to the life of the Transbaikalian Cossacks. In the first two books, the author vividly reproduces the life and customs of the Transbaikal Cossacks, shows the conditions in which their views and beliefs were formed. The novel takes place during the First World War, the Revolution and the Civil War.