Avacha Bay — ( ru. Авачинская губа, Авачинская бухта) is a Pacific Ocean bay by the southeastern coast of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It is 24 km long and 3 km wide (at the mouth), with a maximum depth of 26 m.The Avacha River flows into the bay. The port… … Wikipedia
Avacha — may refer to: *Avacha River, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia *Avacha Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia … Wikipedia
Yelizovo — ( ru. Елизово) is a town in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, located on the Avacha River 32 km north west of Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky. Population: 41,533 (2002 Census); 46,929 (1989 Census).Founded in 1848 as the village ( selo ) of Stary Ostrog ( ru.… … Wikipedia
List of rivers of Russia — Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains and the Caspian Sea. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea and Caspian Sea. The Asian… … Wikipedia
environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… … Universalium
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
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
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
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