Nikolai Pavlovich Zadornov (1909–1992) was a renowned Soviet writer, author of several novels dedicated to the exploration of Siberia and the Far East by Russian settlers. His novel, 'Gold Rush' (1969), continues his celebrated 'Father Amur' duology. Restless, dangerous, full of hardships and passions—this is the life of prospectors at a gold mine in the Amur region. The reader will learn about the fates of familiar characters (Yegor Kuznetsov, Dunya and Ilya Bormotov, Timokha Silin) ​​and meet new, colorful personalities. The action takes place in the second half of the 19th century, and the fate of the vast Russian Empire depends, among other things, on what happens here, on the distant banks of the Amur River.