Албазинец

Zakhvatyvai͡ushchiĭ roman povestvuet o geroicheskoĭ oborone pervogo russkogo ukreplënnogo poselenii͡a na Amure. Albazinskiĭ ostrog (nyne selo Albazino Skovorodinskogo raĭona Amurskoĭ oblasti) byl osnovan v seredine XVII veka gonimymi na vostok v poiskakh volʹnoĭ zhizni russkimi li͡udʹmi - beglymi kazakami, sredi kotorykh byli uchastniki vosstanii͡a Stepana Razina, raznogo roda avanti͡uristami, bednymi zemledelʹt͡sami. T͡Sarskie vlasti, daby ne portitʹ otnosheniĭ s sosednim Kitaem, tozhe pretendovavshim na ėti zemli, dolgoe vremi͡a ne priznavali Albazin, odnako ego obitateli prodolzhali schitatʹ sebi͡a poddannymi Rossii, otsylali v t͡sentr pushnui͡u danʹ i otvazhno oboroni͡ali krepostʹ ot mnogokratno prevoskhodi͡ashchikh sil groznogo soseda. Uvy, v 1689 godu Moskovskoe gosudarstvo i T͡Sinskai͡a Imperii͡a zakli͡uchili Nerchinskiĭ dogovor, po kotoromu russkie dolzhny vynuzhdeny byli ostavitʹ priamurskie zemli… Dli͡a shirokogo kruga chitateleĭ.

The fascinating novel tells about the heroic defense of the first Russian fortified settlement on the Amur. Albazinsky ostrog (now the village of Albazino, Skovorodinsky district, Amur region) it was founded in the middle of the XVII century by Russian people driven to the east in search of a free life - runaway Cossacks, among whom were participants in the uprising of Stepan Razin, various adventurers, poor farmers. The tsarist authorities, in order not to spoil relations with neighboring China, which also claimed these lands, did not recognize Albazin for a long time, but its inhabitants continued to consider themselves subjects of Russia, sent fur tribute to the center and bravely defended the fortress from the many times superior forces of a formidable neighbor. Alas, in 1689, the Moscow state and the Qing Empire concluded the Nerchinsk Treaty, according to which the Russians were forced to leave the Amur lands ... for a wide range of readers.