The Komandorski Islands or Commander Islands (Russian: Командо́рские острова́) are a group of treeless islands east of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East, in the Bering Sea. The islands consist of Bering Island, Medny Island, and two small islets. Geologically, although separated from the rest of the chain by several hundred miles, the Commander Islands are the westernmost extension of the Aleutian Islands. The inhabitants, Russians and Aleuts, fish and hunt whales and other marine mammals. The largest village is Nikolskoye on Bering Island. Kamchatka is the land of volcanoes. ... Far Eastern Federal District (highlighted in red) Russian Far East (Russian: Д́альний Вост́ок Росс́ии; English transliteration: Dalny Vostok Rossii) is an informal term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i. ... Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean The Bering (or Imarpik) Sea is a body of water above, and separated from, the north Pacific Ocean by the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Mednyi Island (Russian Ostrov Mednyi or Copper Island), sometimes called in English Copper Island, is one of two islands in the Komandorski Islands east of Russia. ... Looking down the Aleutians from an airplane. ... The Aleuts (self-denomination: Unangax, Unangan or Unanga) are the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, U.S.A. and Chukotka, Russia. ... Whales are the largest species of exclusively aquatic mammals, members of the order Cetacea, which also includes dolphins and porpoises. ... Nikolskoye (Russian: ) is a village (selo) in Kamchatka Oblast, Russia, located on Bering Island in the Komandorski Islands. ...

The islands were discovered by Semyon Dezhnev in 1684. The islands received their name after Vitus Bering, who died there in 1741 after his ship St. Peter wrecked. Aleut (Unangan) people came to the Komandorski Islands early in the 19th century from the Aleutians. Most of the Aleuts inhabiting Bering Island came from Atka Island and those who lived on Medny Island came from Attu Island. Today the population of the islands is about 2/3 Russian and 1/3 Aleut. Semion Ivanovich Dezhnev (Семён Ива́нович Дежнёв) (circa 1605 – 1673), Russian explorer who led the expedition that doubled the known extent of the easternmost promontory of the Eurasian continent in 1648, discovering that Asia is not connected to Alaska. ... Events France under Louis XIV makes Truce of Ratisbon separately with the Empire and Spain. ... Vitus Bering Vitus Jonassen Bering (also, less correctly, Behring) (August 1681–December 19, 1741) was a Danish-born navigator in the service of the Russian Navy, a captain-komandor known among the Russian sailors as Ivan Ivanovich. ... // Events April 10 - Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz August 10 - Raja of Travancore defeats Dutch East India Company naval expedition at Battle of Colachel December 19 - Vitus Bering dies in his expedition east of Siberia December 25 - Anders Celsius develops his own thermometer scale Celsius... The Aleuts (self-denomination: Unangax, Unangan or Unanga) are the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, U.S.A. and Chukotka, Russia. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Looking down the Aleutians from an airplane. ... Atka Island is an island in the Andreanof Islands of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, at 52°07′ N 174°30′ W. The island is 80 km (50 miles) east of Adak Island. ... Attu is the westernmost island in the Near Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, making it the westernmost point of land in Alaska and the United States. ...

The 1943 Battle of the Komandorski Islands took place in the open sea about 160 km (100 mi) south of the islands. 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Combatants United States Japan Commanders Charles McMorris Boshiro Hosogaya Strength 2 cruisers, 4 destroyers 4 cruisers, 4 destroyers Casualties 1 cruiser damaged, 1 destroyer damaged 1 cruiser damaged The Battle of the Komandorski Islands was one of the most unusual engagements of World War II. It took place on 26...

References

• Richard Ellis Encyclopedia of the Sea New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001

External links

• Unnoficial website of Komandorski Islands (Russian)
• Details of their current situation
• Similar - but briefer