Vladimir Arsenyev

Vladimir Klavdiyevich Arsenyev, FRGS was a Russian explorer of the Far East who recounted his travels in a series of books—Po Ussuriyskomu krayu and Dersu Uzala —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 the local ethnic groups.