The action of the novel by the classic of Ingush literature, Idris Bazorkin, covers the last decade of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. With great knowledge of historical material, the writer depicts the hard life of the Ingush of that time, suffering from desperate poverty and the arbitrariness of the tsarist authorities. Through the fates of the heroes of his novel, he reveals the history of Ingushetia in all its fullness.
The features of Ingush life and customs are described with great mastery, giving the novel a distinctive national coloring.