A book by the well-known Russian historian, Doctor of Historical Sciences, writer Viktor Berdinskikh, in a lively and engaging form tells about treasure hunting in Russia—from the times of Kievan Rus to the present day. The secrets, mysteries, and mysticism, as well as folk customs and legends, have always shrouded treasure hunting in a cloak of the irrational and the magical.
The treasures of Stepan Razin and Admiral Kolchak, the gold of Siberian burial mounds, and interest in the attributes associated with treasure hunting (conspiracies, secret chambers’ wall paintings, equipment)—all of this has allowed the author to vividly and clearly show the real process of searching for and finding treasures in Russia of past eras.