Dyadya Lyuba ili Krasnye tyul′pany

...Vse v etich krayach nachinalos′ s Karsakpaya… Posredi pustynnoj kazachskoj stepi, chozyaevami kotoroj vekami byli kochevniki, brodivshie s otarami baranov, ovec i verblyudov; dikie sajgaki, yashhericy i prochie presmykayushhiesya; surki, susliki, tushkanchiki i ochotivshiesya na nich korshuny, v Ich-to i schitayut osnovatelyami Karsakpaya.