Emelyan Pugachev. Book 1: Roman. Shishkov V.Ya.

The famous historical epic is the novel-trilogy of the outstanding Russian Soviet writer Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Shishkov (1873-1945) about the life and struggle of the Don Cossack Emelyan Pugachev, the leader of the very mass peasant uprising against the authorities in Russia in the XVIII century. The first book talks about his youth, Cossack delete, participation in wars and numerous battles. Until a certain turning point, Emelyan was an exemplary soldier and was repeatedly mentioned in reports for his courage and courage. But due to illness, he was forced to leave the service and eventually found himself among the wanted criminals...