1986 edition. The condition is excellent. Love of work, pride in one’s skills, a constant desire to improve—these are the qualities that are glorified on every page of Bazhov’s book. Happiness for Bazhov’s heroes does not lie in the increase of wealth, the joys of creative work and knowledge of the world. An excellent expert on his native Ural region, P. Bazhov attached decisive importance to the use of characteristic everyday details in tales, those that would capture all the originality of social relations and the working life of the mining population.