by Andrei Nechayev
Andrei Nechayev's
second book about Kamchatka provides a wealth
of information about the peninsula, together
with a fabulous collection of photos depicting
its landscape, flora and fauna, and people.
Read about Kamchatka's history, its native
peoples, rural life, active volcanoes, the
Kommandorsky Islands, Kronotsky Nature Reserve,
and much more. Dual language text
(Russian/English) highlighted with well
chosen photographs and illustrations provide
a great overview of the peninsula.
Avacha Bay is pleased to make this book
available outside of Russia for the first
time.
Regions Covered
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Table of Contents
Discovery
7
The First Accounts of Kamchatka 8
Bering's Expeditions 9
Georg Steller 12
Stepan Krasheninnikov 13
The Devastation of Kamchatka 14
The Most Important Expeditions 15
At First Sight 17
Territory and Population 18
The Origin of the Name 18
Relief 20
Climate 20
Flora and Soil 22
Fauna 24
Volcanoes 27
The Nature of Volcanism 28
Types of Volcanoes 29
Active Volcanoes 32
Wild Land 57
Mountains and Forests 60
Ravines and Stlanik 60
The Mountain Tundra 61
The Forests 63
Rivers and Lakes 68
Salmon Spawning 71
The Bear 74
The Coast and Islands 80
The Commanders 90
World of Peoples
95
Indigenous Population 96
The Itelmens 97
The Koryaks 104
The Evens 108
The Aleuts and Ainu 109
Modern Life 112
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 114
Rural Life 117
World of Wonders
121
Kurilskoye Lake 122
The Valley of the Geysers 132
Uzon Caldera 144
Will the wild nature of Kamchatka Survive?
156
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