About the book: 1968 / A novel by the Russian-speaking Ossetian writer Vasily Makedonovich Tsagolov (1921–2004) "Beyond the Danube" takes the reader to the 70s of the 19th century. Ossetia, Russia, Bulgaria... Russian-Turkish war. Broad pictures of the life of the mountaineers, colorful customs and morals. The heroes of the novel are brave people, they do not know how to be hypocritical and do not forgive deception. For them, freedom and honor are above all, for their sake they go to death.