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Across the Ussuri Kray
Travels in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains
Vladimir K. Arsenyev
Translated by Jonathan C. Slaght
"[This] translation makes it easy to see why Arsenyev maintains a fan
base among Russian readers: his travelogue is both romantic and closely
observed, and he is an appealing narrator, courageous but more than willing
to admit faults and share credit." - The New Yorker
"Excellent and accessible... Slaght follows in Arsenyev’s snowy, muddy
footsteps — preserving, but also teaching others to identify and appreciate
what is unique. Thus the pleasure of reading his new translation lies in the
details, which are abundant but never frivolous." - LA Review of Books
In Russia’s Far East sits the wild Ussuri Kray, a region known for its
remote highlands and rugged mountain passes where tigers and bears roam the
cliffs, and salmon and lenok navigate the rivers. In this collection of
travel writing by famed 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’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 region’s inhabitants and their
surroundings. Originally written as "a popular scientific description of the
Kray," this unabridged edition includes photographs largely unseen for
nearly a century and is annotated by Jonathan C. Slaght, a biologist working
in the same forests Arsenyev explored. Across the Ussuri Kray is a classic
of northeast Asian cultural and natural history.
Vladimir K. Arsenyev (1872-1930) was a Russian naturalist who devoted thirty
years to exploring the Russian Far East and describing the people and
wildlife he encountered. His written works continue to inspire generations
of Russians to explore and appreciate nature.
Jonathan C. Slaght is the Russia and Northeast Asia Coordinator for the
Wildlife Conservation Society and is the English-language editor of the
Far-Eastern Journal of Ornithology. He studies Blakiston’s fish owls, Amur
tigers, and Siberian musk deer and writes a guest blog for Scientific
American entitled "East of Siberia."
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