The history of the development of Siberia (processed and updated edition). Yadrintsev N.M.

The book “The History of the Development of Siberia” continues and complements the series “Russian Imperial Library”, representing the modern reader classical works on the history of Russia, masterpieces of Russian historical thought, the appearance of each of which became a major event of the country's social life.

The book represents the works of a prominent publicist and public figure, the famous researcher of Siberia Nikolai Mikhailovich Yadrintsev (1842–1894), whom contemporaries called "Siberian Herzen". For him, a native of Omsk, Siberia was not just a “object of research”, but a true Fatherland - a native and warmly beloved house. The study of Siberia Yadrintsev devoted his whole life.

A person of versatile interests and amazing performance, a tireless traveler whose merits were awarded the gold medal of the Russian Geographical Society, Yadrintsev made several exceptional expeditions in Altai, traveled along the Minusinsk Territory and The Verkhovs of the Orkhon River, opened the ruins of Hara-Balgas, the ancient capital of the Uyghur Kaganate, and the ancient Ingol capital of Karakorum. The result of these trips, theoretical research, the direct study of the life and life of the indigenous peoples of Siberia was a book about the history of the development of the Great Territory, the fundamental work on Sibrevstration, which we offer the attention of the modern reader.

The author collected rich factual material, attracted the work of many now forgotten researchers. A number of problems raised by him are relevant to this day, although they have acquired a new color. The infinite variety of details, events and historical figures is united by one common idea: to give the most meaningful idea of ​​the formation and development of the history of the development of huge Siberian expanses.

440th anniversary of the development of Siberia, with admiration and gratitude of the Siberians of all generations and peoples, is dedicated to.