Konstantin Sedykh’s novel “Dauria” is often compared to “And Quiet Flows the Don,” since both books explore the fate of the Cossacks in the 20th century. They tell of the collapse of ancient traditions once considered unshakable, and of the replacement of the old way of life with a new one—horribly cruel for some, and long-awaited for others. The events of “Dauria” unfold far from the Don steppes, in Transbaikal, where the Civil War reaches remote corners of the country. In the Mungalyovsky settlement—among them, the Cossack Ulybin family—the residents split into supporters of the Reds and the Whites. Konstantin Sedykh described this novel as his favorite work, to which he devoted 15 years. The book is based on legends, traditions, archival documents, memoirs of participants in the Civil War, and scholarly research, which created a vivid picture of early 20th-century Transbaikal. “Dauria” has been translated into many languages and published in countries such as the UK, the USA, France, Canada, and Yugoslavia; during the author’s lifetime, the novel was published more than 100 times. Based on the book, a two-part film of the same title was made in 1971 with such famous actors as Vasily Shukshin, Vitaly Solomin, and Efim Kopelyan.