When the first Russian settlers came to Siberia after Ermak, they met not only the indigenous population, but also people of Slavic appearance, speaking Russian and professing the Orthodox faith. They were called chaldons, vagabonds. They say that the Chaldons are the descendants of Russians driven into the Horde. Some chaldons believe that their ancestors are Old Believers who fled from Nikon’s “satanic” reforms to Siberia. Nowadays, only family legends and books tell about this original people. Anatoly Konstantinovich Gorbunov was born on the Lena River, from an early age she herded cattle, and after that he sawed wood, worked as a fireman on a steamship, served in aviation, fished and wandered around the taiga... This book is his creative legacy, a collection of stories and fairy tales, magnificent in language and style, imbued with a feeling of filial love for the homeland.