Avacha River — Avacha ( ru. Авача) is a river in the soutwesttern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It flows into the Avacha Bay. Length: 122 km, watershed: 5090 sq.km.The town of Yelizovo (housing the international airport for Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky)… … Wikipedia
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky — Infobox Russian city EnglishName=Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky RussianName=Петропавловск Камчатский Skyline=Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky at night.jpg Skyline LatDeg=53 LatMin=1 LatSec LonDeg=158 LonMin=39 LonSec LocatorMap LocatorMapLegend Flag… … Wikipedia
Siege of Petropavlovsk — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Siege of Petropavlovsk partof=Crimean War caption=Cannons which were used to defend Petropavlovsk in 1854. date=August 18 September 7, 1854 place=Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka casus= territory= result=Russian victory … Wikipedia
Kamchatka Oblast — Infobox Russian federal subject EnglishName=Kamchatka Oblast RussianName=Камчатская область Locator LocatorMap CoatOfArmsLink=Coat of arms of Kamchatka Oblast FlagLink=Flag of Kamchatka Oblast AnthemLink=Anthem of Kamchatka Oblast AdmCtrOrCapital … Wikipedia
Georg Wilhelm Steller — (March 10, 1709 November 14, 1746) was a German botanist, zoologist, physician and explorer, who worked in Russia and present day Alaska.BiographySteller (Piotr) was born in Windsheim, near Nuremberg, son to Johann Jakob Stöhler (after 1715,… … Wikipedia
Second Kamchatka expedition — The Second Kamchatka expedition (Russian: Вторая Камчатская экспедиция) was led by Dane Vitus Bering after being chosen by Peter I to lead the first Kamchatka expedition. The second expedition lasted roughly from 1733 1743. The goal of the… … Wikipedia
Koryaksky — Infobox Mountain Name = Koryaksky Photo = D0807I14 HarbourTour.jpg Caption = Koryaksky volcano towers over Avacha Bay Elevation = 3,456 metres (11,340 feet) Location = Kamchatka, Russia Range = Prominence = 2,999 m Coordinates =… … Wikipedia
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky — Nikolay Muravyov Amursky. Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov Amursky (also spelled as Nikolai Nikolaevich Muraviev Amurskiy; Russian: Николай Николаевич Муравьёв Амурский; 23 August [O.S. 11 August] 1809 – 30 November [O.S. 18 November] 1881) was a… … Wikipedia
Vilyuchinsk — ( ru. Вилючинск) is a closed town in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, located across Avacha Bay from the much larger city of Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky.The town was founded in 1968 and is km2 to mi2|404 in area. Population: ru census2002|24166|; 37,400… … Wikipedia
Alexander Philipov Postels — (24 August 1801 Estonia 26 June 1871), was a Russian naturalist, mineralogist and artist.Postels studied at St.Petersburg University and in 1826 lectured there on inorganic chemistry.In the 1820s political relations between Russia and the United… … Wikipedia
