A Russian man who survived 66 days adrift at sea on an inflatable boat has been charged with negligence over the deaths of ...

Mikhail Pichugin, 46, was rescued more than two months after setting off on a trip with his brother and 15-year-old nephew, ...

the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences told TASS. "The Shiveluch volcano in Kamchatka threw out ash 11 km above sea level.

This story appears in the August 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The Kamchatka Peninsula, rugged and remote, is a vast blade of land stabbing southwestward through cold seas from the ...

Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula is a land of superlatives. It is one of the most volcanologically active regions on Earth. It has the world's densest population of brown bears. Next to Yellowstone ...

TASS/. The Bezymianny volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula has been erupting since last Friday and seismic activities have increased in the past 24 hours, the regional branch of the Russian ...

The eruption was one of the largest of the 19th century, but the identity of the volcano responsible has long been unclear.

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook the Kamchatka region in Russia on Sunday, as reported by the European Mediterranean ...

That paradox applies to Kronotsky Zapovednik, a remote nature reserve on the east side of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, along the Pacific coast a thousand miles north of Japan. It's a splendorous ...

The development of inter–regional air service is a priority for Russia. The flight program between Sakhalin Island and the Kamchatka Peninsula is an extremely important means of communication between ...

MOSCOW--Towering clouds of ash and glowing lava are spewing from two volcanoes on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula and scientists say major eruptions could be on the way. The peninsula, which ...

Volkswagen Group is taking its role as the official vehicle partner of the 2014 Winter Olympic in Sochi, Russia ... Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on the Kamchatka peninsula, and it earned the team ...