This is the first and one of the most famous literary works of the Russian writer, traveler and ethnographer V.K. Arsenyev, describing his travels of 1902 and 1906 through the mountainous regions of Sikhote-Alin. In the book, the reader will find pictures from the nature of the Ussuri region and the life of the people inhabiting it: Russians, Chinese, Koreans, Udeges, etc. A special place is occupied by the story of the writer’s acquaintance and relationship with the guide Gold (Nanai) Dersu Uzala, who became his friend. For a wide range of readers .Illustrations by Vladimir Pingachev.