Ever since people fell in love with gold, the temptation arose to have as much of it as possible, to become richer than others, to live in luxury. The adventurous plans that hovered in the minds of criminals were embodied in banditry raids and daring robberies. The bandits were not tormented by conscience and did not fear God. The bloody dramas that played out in the mines of taiga Siberia formed the basis of this story.