Across the Ussuri Kray
Subtitle: travels in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains
By: Vladimir K. Arsenyev ; translated with annotations by Jonathan C. Slaght
Contributors: Slaght, Jonathan C., editor, translator
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 454
ISBN-13: 9780253022059; 9780253022158
Subjects: Natural history; Travel; Description and travel
Work titles: Dersu Uzala
Description: In this collection of travel writing by Russian explorer and naturalist Vladimir K. Arsenyev (1872-1930), readers are shuttled back to the turn of the 20th century when the Russian Empire was reeling from its defeat in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) and vulnerable to its Far Eastern neighbors. What began as an expedition to survey the region<U+2019>s infrastructure for the Russian military turned into an adventure through a territory rich in ethnic and ecological diversity. Encountering the disappearing indigenous cultures of the Nanai and Udege, engaging the help of Korean farmers and Chinese hunters, and witnessing the beginning of indomitable Russian settlement, Arsenyev documents the lives and customs of the regions inhabitants and their surroundings. Originally written as "a popular scientific description of the Kray," this edition includes photographs largely unseen for nearly a century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-437) and index.