How did people become birds? Why don’t whales come close to shore? Where did salt come from on Earth? Why is Kolyma called “golden”? During a journey through the harsh, yet full of mysterious wonders, northern region—Kolyma—a wise, talking raven Yuka gorych told the wonderful children’s writer Andrey Usachev a lot of amazing things. Andrey Usachev wrote down all the fairy tales, and with songs and music, it turned into a magical audio play. In 2020, the book received the All-Russian literary award “Far East” named after V. K. Arsenyev.