About the book: 2005 / Vladimir Klavdievich Arsenyev was born on August 29, 1872 in St. Petersburg in the family of a railway employee Klavdiy Fedorovich Arsenyev. When the time came to think about the future of their son, his parents decided to send him to study at their own expense at a military school. On November 22, 1891, Vladimir Arsenyev, who successfully passed the exams, was enrolled as a volunteer in the 145th Novocherkassk Regiment with a secondment to the St. Petersburg Infantry Junker School. At first, Arsenyev was captivated by the new environment and unusual academic disciplines, and he even began to think about devoting himself to military service. But his interest in military service faded: the cadet’s everyday life with constant drills and intense studies took its toll. With pleasure, cadet Arsenyev only attended lectures. geography, which was read by the famous traveler to Central Asia M.E. Grum-Grzhimailo. He opened the fascinating world of travel to the young Arsenyev, and in the conversations that they often had after classes, he advised them to pay attention to the Far East, which was almost unknown to researchers at that time. After graduating from college on August 12, 1895, lieutenant lieutenant Vladimir Arsenyev was sent to his native 145th Novocherkassk Infantry Regiment, and on January 18, 1896 he was promoted to second lieutenant and seconded to the 14th Olonetsky Infantry Regiment, which was stationed in Lomza, Kingdom of Poland. A year later, Arsenyev received his first vacation. On this visit home, he became seriously infatuated with an eighteen-year-old friend from childhood, Anya Kadashevich. Parents welcomed their son's choice. Soon the young people got married and left for Poland. On May 1, 1900, V.K. Arsenyev was promoted to lieutenant and, at his request, transferred to the 1st Vladivostok Fortress Infantry Regiment