Dersu Uzala bronze statue near Vladivostok

Dersu Uzala bronze statue near Vladivostok

Photo taken Aug. 20, 2024, shows bronze statues of Russian explorer Vladimir Arsenyev (R) and his guide from the Nanai indigenous people, Dersu Uzala, erected on Aug. 18 in front of Vladivostok International Airport in Artyom, near the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok. Their expedition in the early 20th century into the coastal area of the region was made into the Japan-Soviet film Dersu Uzala, directed by Akira Kurosawa, in 1975.

Dersu Uzala bronze statue near Vladivostok

Dersu Uzala bronze statue near Vladivostok

Photo taken Aug. 20, 2024, shows bronze statues of Russian explorer Vladimir Arsenyev (R) and his guide from the Nanai indigenous people, Dersu Uzala, erected on Aug. 18 in front of Vladivostok International Airport in Artyom, near the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok. Their expedition in the early 20th century into the coastal area of the region was made into the Japan-Soviet film Dersu Uzala, directed by Akira Kurosawa, in 1975.

People shovel for remains of post-WWII Japanese detainees in Russia

People shovel for remains of post-WWII Japanese detainees in Russia

Members of a group dispatched by the Japanese government and Russian workers dig the ground in a suburb of Arsenyev in the coastal region of the Russian Far East on July 21, 2015, to look for the remains of Japanese soldiers who died during detention by the Soviet Union following the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

People probe remains of postwar Japanese detainees in Russia

People probe remains of postwar Japanese detainees in Russia

Members of a group dispatched by the Japanese government and Russian workers look for the remains of Japanese soldiers in a suburb of Arsenyev in the coastal region of the Russian Far East on July 21, 2015. They were seeking to recover the remains of those who died during detention by the Soviet Union after the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

People probe remains of post-WWII Japanese detainees in Russia

People probe remains of post-WWII Japanese detainees in Russia

Members of a group dispatched by the Japanese government and Russian workers engage in a suburb of Arsenyev in the coastal region of the Russian Far East on July 21, 2015, in the search for the remains of Japanese soldiers who died during detention by the Soviet Union following the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo