The Russian Far EastWedged between China, Korea, Japan, and the United States, the Russian Far East has for centuries been a meeting ground for Eurasian and American peoples and cultures. Conventionally regarded as perimeter, it is in fact a collage of overlapping borderlands with a distinct historical identity. Based on a quarter century of research by a leading authority on the area, this is a monumental survey of Pacific Siberia from prehistoric times to the present.