Heroes and fanatics. Tyutchev F.

Peter Spiridov, who managed to know all the hardships of captivity among the rebellious highlanders, does everything possible and impossible to help Zina Balkashina, abducted by a gang of robbers. Meanwhile, the command of the Russian army stubbornly seeks to suppress the riot of Imam Shamil - one by one, despite the desperate resistance, mountain auls are handed over, turned by the rebels into seemingly impregnable fortresses.

The author of this book, first published in 1903 year, died in a hospital from wounds received on the battlefields of the First World War.