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Subject: Across the Ussuri Kray:
Travels in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains
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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."
Indiana University Press
September 2016 488pp 36 b&w illus., 2 maps 9780253022158
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