"I exist for those I exist for" These are the words that a young woman told Vladimir Megre, a Russian entrepreneur, in 1995 during his commercial expedition down Syberia's Ob River. The woman, whose name was Anastasia, appeared to be not only healthier and more attractive, but also much smarter and well-informed about many aspects of modern life, than ordinary people of towns, despite the fact that she lived deep in the taiga for her whole life, far away from big cities and even small settlements. But this was just a tiny part of a surprisingly deep and philosophical knowledge of our Universe, that the woman possessed. The way her kin lives in a taiga, the way they can understand surrounding nature and a meaning they put in every day of their lives, makes a reader ask himself, "Why do I live? Who Am I? Does humanity go the right direction in its technocratic development or not?" Later on, after complying with the young woman's request and writing the first book of the 'Ringing Cedars Of Russia' series, titled 'Anastasia', the author said the following to his readers. Not being a writer, without any experience in writing creatively, I have to apologize to my readers for the narrative style. This book does not belong to social and political journalism or fiction, fantastic or adventure stories. In spite of all the phenomenal and fantastic events which have been described, I have failed to determine its genre. This book is a story about an extraordinary woman possessing a gift of healing a soul and a body of a man.
