Vladimir Arsenyev

Vladimir Arsenyev
Владимир Клавдиевич Арсеньев
Arsenyev in 1917
Born	(1872-09-10)10 September 1872 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	September 4, 1930(1930-09-04) (aged 57) Vladivostok, RSFSR
Nationality	Russian
Alma mater	Vladimir Military School
Occupation	Explorer
Years active	1906-1930
Known for	exploring Russian Far East
Awards	Order of Saint Vladimir, Order of Saint Anna, Order of Saint Stanislaus, Medal for China Campaign, Russo-Japanese War Medal, Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the 1812 War", Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th anniversary of Romanov dynasty"

Vladimir Klavdiyevich Arsenyev, FRGS (Russian: Влади́мир Кла́вдиевич Арсе́ньев; 10 September 1872 – 4 September 1930) was a Russian explorer of the Far East who recounted his travels in a series of books — "По Уссурийскому Краю" ("Along the Ussuri land") (1921) and "Дерсу Узала" ("Dersu Uzala") (1923) — telling of his military journeys to the Ussuri basin with Dersu Uzala, a native hunter, from 1902 to 1907. He was the first to describe numerous species of Siberian flora and the lifestyles of native ethnic peoples.^[1]