About the book: 1940 / After the novel “Kochubey”, Arkady Perventsev, influenced by the creative experience of Mikhail Sholokhov, turned to the large-scale events of the Civil War in the Kuban. In the pre-war years, he worked on a large novel, “Above the Kuban,” in three books. The novel “Above the Kuban” is dedicated to the theme of the formation of Soviet power in the south of Russia, the Kuban and the Don. It reflects the struggle of the poor Cossacks and the working poor against the enemies of the revolution, the White Guard and intervention. The author traces the fates of many people, the fates of contradictory, complex, dramatic ones. The book has strong, original characters - Mostovoy, Pavel Baturin, his wife Lyuba, Donka Kaverina, boys Senka and Misha.