Vladimir Klavdiyevich ARSENYEV (1872–1930)
A famous traveller and researcher of the Russian Far East
A Russian explorer of the Far East who recounted his travels in a series of books ("Wandering about Ussuri basin ","Dersu Usala ", telling of his military journeys to the Ussuri basin with Dersu Uzala, a native trapper, from 1902 to 1907. He was the first to describe numerous species of Siberian flora. Arsenyev’s family home in Vladivostok has been made into a museum. Arsenyev, a town located in Primorsky Krai, was named after him.In 1975 Akira Kurosawa made a film named "Dersu Usala" after V.Arsenyev the same name's work.
The film won the Grand Prix at the Moscow Film Festival and the 1975 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Vladimir ARSENYEV: Dersu Uzala
Reciter: O.Isayev
Runtime: 16 hours 21 min, 2 CDs, MP3-format
Language: Russian

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