The most popular tales are included in this edition. Fantastic characters are closely intertwined in them: the Mistress of the Copper Mountain, Ognevushka-Poskakushka, Veliky Poloz, grandmother Sinyushka - and the images of the working people of the old Urals: "stone craftsmen," "gold miners." Many heroes of P. Bazhov were recreated on the stage and movie screen, in painting and sculpture.