Tuntud autori tore raamat Siberist, jutustused ja fotod

«Сибирь, Сибирь ...» - рассказы и фотографии. Сибирь имеет свойство не поражать, не удивлять сразу, а втягивать в себя медленно и словно бы нехотя, с выверенной расчетливостью, но, втянув, связывать накрепко. И все — человек заболевает Сибирью. (Книга «Сибирь, Сибирь ...», Валентин Распутин)

Besides an introductory overview chapters and the conclusion, the book consists of several chapters which are dedicated to particular regions: Tobolsk, the old capital of Russian Siberia; Lake Baikal; Irkutsk, the city on the Angarawhich the author has long made his made home; Altai; Kyakhta, the 18–19th century entrepôt for China tea trade; and the isolated Arctic community of Russkoye Ustye with its archaic customs and dialect. Later Russian editions had additional chapters added.

As usual in Rasputin's writing, his greatest ire is reserved for the masterminds of the river damming and water exportschemes, such as the Siberian river reversal project, which was shelved (not without Rasputin's contribution to its criticism) in 1986.