Arseniev and Dersu, c. 1907 (Courtesy of Amur Region Research Association)
Nikolai Baikov with tiger, c. 1925 (Unknown)
Yuri Yankovsky with tigers, c. 1930 (V. Yankovsky)
Manchuria, 2008 (Author)
Tiger wine, Harbin Tiger Park (Author)
Sobolonye, with Sikhote-Alin Mountains in background (Author)
Main Street, Krasny Yar (Author)
Kung with ginseng plants (Author)
Luchegorsk (Sasha Snow)
Markov’s cabin (Y. Trush)
Markov’s grave (Author)
Yuri Trush, 2004 (Sasha Snow)
Ivan Dunkai (Sasha Snow)
Dmitri Pikunov (Author)
Danila Zaitsev (Author)
Vladimir Schetinin, c. 1997 (David Higgs)
Evgeny Smirnoff (Author)
Vladimir Shibnev (Author)
Kapchiony (Author)
Yuri Pionka on patrol, Bikin River (David Higgs)
Anatoli Khobitnov (A. Khobitnov)
Pionka, Shibnev, and Gorborukov, taken from a video shot moments after the killing of the tiger, December 21, 1997 (Y. Trush)
Tiger tracks (John Goodrich)
Author’s hand with female tiger track (Author)
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Vaillant, John.
The tiger : a true story of vengeance and survival / by John
Vaillant.—1st ed.
p. cm.
“A Borzoi Book.”
eISBN: 978-0-307-59379-5
1. Tiger hunting—Russia—Russian far east. 2. Tiger
attacks—Russia far east. I. Title.
SK305.T5V35 2010
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Vaillant, John (John H.)
The tiger : a true story of vengeance and survival / John Vaillant.
1. Trush, Yuri—Travel—Russia (Federation)—Primorskii krai.
2. Markov, Vladimir, d. 1997. 3. Tiger hunting—Russia (Federation)—Primorskii krai. 4. Hunters—Russia (Federation)—Primorskii krai. 5. Primorskii krai (Russia)—Description and travel. I. Title.
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