in distant, distant times, the boy dima krylov also sat at his school desk. excellent student, i was a reliable c student, and that’s why i learned from it. like geography, i often couldn’t find the ural mountains on the map, which separates europe from asia with a special squiggle, and did this simple soviet boy know then that a happy time would come, and he would cross this very geographical border alive, to see the ural also alive. and the urals were also strongly associated with wise and romantic people. tales of pavel bozhov. it was here that he saw a goat with a silver hoof and a firebug. jumping, and, of course, danila the master and mistress of the copper mountain with her magic flower. by the way, notice how friendly all these kids are buried in their books. it’s been a long time since i ’ve seen so many children reading at the same time, just like in my distant childhood. but the urals are not only fabulous treasures, but a natural repository of gems and gold. how many epic films about gold miners and conquerors of siberia have we watched? from the