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| Cruise ship captain Patrick Marchesseau, vic. Kurile Is. |
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| active volcano far eastern Russya |
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| arctic fox |
Waaaaaaaaaait a minute. What are we talking about here? Russya's eastern edge: Kurile Islands? Aren't they Japanese? They used to be; but now, Russyan. Oh, yes, in 1945, Stalin sent a few Red Army cast offs into the area to stake a few claims when the world's focus was on the Japanese homeland and its occupation by American military forces. Who knew that Russya was acting in its own best interest( a few military realists, that's who)?
So, now, one can take a tour of these largely abandoned outposts of Russya's far eastern activities of post WW II. Tourists can view old Japanese -built fortifications; Red Army detritus(old helicopter parts, old barracks and warehouses). It makes a case for historians who wish to write about the period when Old Joe Stalin embraced his paranoia about the Yellow Peril. Maybe he should have looked a little closer to MOskova.
Tourists can book travel on a cruise line that will allow them to explore these essentially barren landscapes: volcanic islands; windswept beaches; docile wildlife; untrammeled, park like harbors. Do you have an extra $10,000 to spend? That's what you'll need to board one of these ships.
How many Russyan citizens who live in the largest country in the world have been to the east coast of Russya? Not many.
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