About the book: 2008 / The last book of the historical trilogy "Kuchum" by the famous Siberian writer Vyacheslav Sofronov gives his own, hitherto unheard-of interpretation of the events that took place four centuries ago. Russian In the second half of the 16th century, the state waged a difficult, bloody war in the west. Ivan IV the Terrible called for help the Cossack freemen, who opposed the Crimean and Nogai khans on the southern borders. Among the Cossack atamans who went to Livonia was Ermak Alenin, in the future the legendary conqueror of Siberia. And at the same time, in Bukhara, the young Prince Seydyak was preparing for war with the man who killed his father. And the gentlemen Stroganovs, who were rapidly developing the Ural land, caused a lot of trouble for the ruler of Siberia…