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The animal kingdom of the Commander archipelago
The Komandorsky Archipelago (the Commander Archipelago) in the Pacific Ocean has also long been known as the Clandestine Islands as it is one of the most remote and mysterious territories in Russia. It is thanks to this location that after centuries these lands — their flora and fauna — have hardly been touched by civilization and have maintained their original form. Here on the protected territory of the nature reserve live populations of rare animals such as northern fur seals, northern sea lions, island seals such as the Antonov and the Larga, sea otters and Arctic foxes. The area is also home to many species of birds, including the famous puffin, also called the northern parrot due to its bright colouring.
Catching silver salmon in Kamchatka's rivers
Kamchatka is the only place on the planet where all six species of Pacific salmon lay their eggs. Fishing in this area is incredibly unique and sometimes just as dangerous. There are more than 14,000 rivers and streams on the peninsula and for the majority of fishermen, getting the chance to fish in Kamchatka would mean fulfilling one of life’s greatest dreams. Here you can catch a wide variety of fish including chinook salmon, chum salmon, sockeye salmon, pink salmon, rainbow trout, white-spotted char and char and the place is absolute paradise for those who love to go salmon fly-fishing. RTG TV adventure-seeker, traveller and fisherman Dmitry Drozdov set off to Russia’s Far East to catch char off of the Kamchatkan coast.
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Catching silver salmon in Kamchatka's rivers
Don Cuisine
Once during the 300-year Romanov dynasty Tsar Nicholas II decided to take stock of his possessions. This decision brought him to the Cossack village of Elizavetinskaya, the largest fishing village on the Don River at the time. There residents invited the tsar to try a fish soup, called “ukha.” A week after the tsar had left, the man who had prepared the soup, Vasily Kedrov, received a parcel with a gold medal inside thanking him for his military service. At first he was surprised to have received such an award, but remembering the tsar’s visit and how much he had enjoyed his meal, he realized that the real reason for the gold medal was not his military service, but in fact his delicious soup. Nowadays there are still a great number of fish recipes in Rostov-on-Don. RTG TV host Stanislav Salnikov travelled there where he learned how to cook sturgeon in sparkling wine and, to his surpri...
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