The book is devoted to the history of Old Believers-runaways in the Gornozavodsky Urals in the 18th - early 20th centuries. For the first time in a single complex, the authors examined the history of the main direction of the Ural Old Believer, identified its main centers, characterized leaders, traced the transformation from runaways to a bespopov state. The book is designed for historians, local historians and everyone interested in history.