Yuri Kazakov traveled a lot and visited many places - Pechora, Tarusa, Novgorod land, and the northern regions, the stories about which so fascinate the reader. But the writer was also a climber, a hunter, and a fisherman; he loved to walk, was not afraid to spend the night anywhere in any weather, stayed in remote villages and, as he himself wrote: “I looked, listened and remembered all the time.” That is why the stories of this writer, who sincerely loves his land, are so melodic and truthful.