About the book: 2019 / In his “folk” tales, the outstanding Russian writer Pavel Petrovich Bazhov not only reveals the fates and characters of his heroes, he poetizes the very process of labor, which gives people deep and strong experiences, enriches them internally, brings the joy of accomplishment and comprehension of beauty. The man in Bazhov’s tales does not bow to the power of nature, does not declare it unknowable. He confronts her as an equal. Man is equal to the “secret power” with his creative power, his miraculous work.