Dersu Uzala (Russian: Дерсу Узала; alternate U.S. title: The Hunter) is the title of a 1923 book by the Russian explorer Vladimir Arsenyev, telling of his travels in the Ussuri basin, and the name of a Nanai hunter (ca. 1850-1908) who acted as a guide for Arsenyev's surveying crew from 1902-1907, and saved them from starvation and cold. Arsenyev portrays him as a noble savage. 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Vladimir Klavdievich Arsenyev [Владимир Клавдиевич Арсеньев] (1872-1930) a Russian explorer of the Far East, a scientist, a traveler, and a writer. ... The Ussuri River (Chinese: Wūsūlǐ Jīang 乌苏里江, Russian: река Уссури) is a river in south east Russia, flowing north, forming part of the Chinese border, to the Amur River. ... The Nanais (sing. ... A noble savage is a person who belongs to an uncivilized group or tribe and is considered to be, consequently, more worthy than people who live within civilization. ...

From 1907, Arsenev invited Dersu to live in his house in Khabarovsk. In the spring of 1908, Dersu bid farewell to Arenev and walked back to his home in the Primorsky Krai, where he died. Khabarovsk (Хабаровск) is the capital and largest city of the Khabarovsk Krai in Russia, some 30 km from the Chinese border. ... Primorsky Krai (Russian: ), also known as Primorye (), is a federal subject of Russia (a krai). ...

4142 Dersu-Uzala is an asteroid named after Dersu.

Editions (in Russian)

• Дерсу Узала. Сквозь тайгу Издательство: Терра - Книжный клуб (1997) Н. Е. Кабанова (ed.) EAN 9785300010973 (English: Dersu Uzala. Taiga Publishing House: Teppa Book Club) (1997) N. ya. Kabanov (ed.) EAN 9785300010973)

English translations:

• G. Braziller (1965) ASIN B0007DZICU
• Raduga (1990) ISBN 5050028221
• Malcolm Burr (1996) ISBN 0929701496

Screenings

• Dersu Uzala (Дерсу Узала) Soviet Union, director Agasi Babayan [Агаси Бабаян] (1961)
• Dersu Uzala (Дерсу Узала) Soviet Union/Japan, director Akira Kurosawa (1975)

Dersu Uzala is a 1961 Soviet film by the books of Vladimir Arsenyev about his travels in Russian Far East with a native trapper Dersu Uzala. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Dersu Uzala (Дерсу Узала) is a 1975 joint Soviet-Japanese film production, directed by Akira Kurosawa. ... Akira Kurosawa (黒澤 明 Kurosawa Akira, also 黒沢 明) (March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998) was a prominent Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

External links

• http://www.dersuuzala.info/
• Dersu Uzala at the Arts & Faith Top100 Spiritually Significant Films list
• Dersu Uzala at the Internet Movie Database