About the book: 1962 / "Scarlet Rainbow" - a story about the events of 1928, on the eve of the collectivization of the Ural village. The poor, led by the communists, waged a sharp, irreconcilable struggle against the kulaks. The village faced a bright road, broke old foundations, and built new social relations. Against this background, the story unfolds the fates of different people: the shepherd Sanka Subbotin, the poor man Ivan Yakuni, the secretary of the party cell Pavel Rogov, the ardent fist Maxim Bolshov, the priest’s daughter Valka and many other characters. In the stories “Zarnitsa”, “The Damned Guy”, “The Light in paths", "Pink Shore" and "The Tale of a Water Flower" S. Cherepanov continues the theme begun in the story. But other characters act in them - people of our days. In their personal relationships with each other, in work, in love, the characters of true workers of the modern village are revealed..