Золотоискатели в пустыне

"Zolotoiskateli v pustyne" - prikli͡uchencheskiĭ roman o dobyche zolota v dzhungarskoĭ pustyne. Glavnye geroi - Mafu i Li͡u Pi, dva kitaĭskikh zolotoiskateli͡a, ezhednevno rabotai͡ut v shakhte, dobyvai͡a rudu, bogatui͡u krupinkami zheltogo metalla. Ikh zhiznʹ napolnena trudnosti͡ami: zhadnyĭ chinovnik pytaetsi͡a nezakonno obvesitʹ starateleĭ, spri͡atannoe zoloto mozhet statʹ dobycheĭ vorov, a vokrug rudnika - pustyni͡a s volkami i zlym vetrom khyĭfyn. Kogda geroi reshai͡ut popytatʹ schastʹi͡a na novom rudnike, ikh plany narushaet vosstanie dungan - kitaĭskikh musulʹman, podni͡avshikh mi͡atezh protiv vlasteĭ. Voĭna, grabezhi i ubiĭstva prevrashchai͡ut zhiznʹ zolotoiskateleĭ v borʹbu ne tolʹko za zoloto, no i za vyzhivanie.Roman osnovan na issledovanii͡akh, kotorye pisatelʹ, geolog i puteshestvennik Vladimir Obruchev (1863-1956) provodil v Dzhungarii - chasti Zapadnogo Kitai͡a, prilegai͡ushcheĭ s i͡ugo-vostoka k granit͡sam Vostochnogo Kazakhstana. Tam on izuchal gornye sistemy i istorii͡u mestnoĭ zolotodobychi.

"Gold Diggers in the Desert" is an adventure novel about gold mining in the Dzungarian desert. The main characters are Mafu and Liu Pi, two Chinese gold prospectors who work daily in the mine, extracting ore rich in grains of yellow metal. Their lives are filled with difficulties: a greedy official is trying to illegally defraud prospectors, hidden gold can become the prey of thieves, and around the mine there is a desert with wolves and the evil hyifyn wind. When the heroes decide to try their luck at a new mine, their plans are disrupted by an uprising of Dungan Chinese Muslims who have rebelled against the authorities. War, robberies and murders turn the life of gold diggers into a struggle not only for gold, but also for survival.The novel is based on the research that the writer, geologist and traveler Vladimir Obruchev (1863-1956) conducted in Dzungaria, a part of Western China adjacent from the southeast to the borders of Eastern Kazakhstan. There he studied mining systems and the history of local gold mining.