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"Yablaychak" is the first novel in the "Minsk Trilogy" by Siarhei Piasecki, a renowned Polish-Belarusian prose writer. With his characteristic vividness, the author tells the story of the closed and mysterious criminal underworld of Minsk in the early 20th century. The action in the novel unfolds in the early spring of 1918, when World War I transformed Minsk into a front-line city, where thieves, prostitutes, and swindlers flocked from all corners of Europe and the former Russian Empire, hoping for quick earnings. The novel, which combines humor and tragedy, describes the crimes and inner world of criminals, captivating readers from the first pages and keeping them in suspense until the last sentence.