Summary of the book "Ermak. Prince of Siberia" Mikheenkov S. E.: This book is about how free people became sovereign people. About how Russia grew by the will of these irrepressible people who came from the Don, the Dnieper, the Yaik and the Volga through the steppe, the Urals and the Trans-Urals, the Siberian expanses. About the tragic and heroic fates of Ermak Timofeevich, Ivan Koltso, Matvey Meshcheryak, Cherkas Alexandrov, other atamans, yesauls and ordinary Cossacks of the Ermakov detachment. The main business of Ermak and his comrades is the Siberian campaign. But that great campaign began in the Moscow region. That's what the story is about. Read more…