V istoriko-biograficheskom ocherke v populyarnoy forme rasskazyvayetsya o proslavlennom narodnom geroye, talantlivom voyenachal'nike Yermake, yego ekspeditsii v Zaural'ye, polozhivshey nachalo pokoreniyu i osvoyeniyu Sibiri v kontse XVI stoletiya. Kniga rasschitana na massovogo chitatelya.