Kamchatka is located in northeastern Asia and is now part of Russian territory and is part of the Kamchatka Territory under the Russian Far Eastern Federal District. Historically, however, Kamchatka was once a vassal territory of China.
First, the geography of Kamchatka. Kamchatka Peninsula is a large peninsula deep into the Pacific Ocean from the Eurasian continent, connected to the Eurasian continent on one side and bordered by the sea on the other. Kamchatka is bordered by the Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean in the east and the Sea of Okhotsk in the west. In the southern part of Kamchatka, there is a chain of islands that stretches to Hokkaido, Japan, and this chain of islands is the Kuril Islands.
The Kamchatka Peninsula is about 1,200 kilometers long from north to south, about 480 kilometers at its widest point and 100 kilometers at its narrowest point, with an area of about 370,000 square kilometers.
Kamchatka is located at the junction of the Eurasian plate and the Pacific plate, with active crustal movement and many volcanoes. According to statistics, there are 160 volcanoes in Kamchatka, of which 29 are active. For this reason, Kamchatka is rich in geothermal resources, there are many hot springs, which are suitable for tourism.
Russia has also built geothermal power plants to supply electricity to towns in Kamchatka. The largest volcano in Kamchatka is Klyuchev Volcano, which is 4,750 meters above sea level and the highest peak in the entire peninsula.
The topography of Kamchatka is predominantly mountainous, with the Central Kamchatka Mountains and the Vostonech Mountains running through the north and south of the peninsula. The coastal region of Kamchatka is characterized by long and narrow plains, which are affected by glacial erosion and have a winding coastline with many bays.
Kamchatka Peninsula is located in a high latitude region, belonging to the cold zone and subarctic climate zone, the winter temperature in the northern part of the peninsula is generally about minus 50 degrees Celsius, and the southern part of the peninsula is deep into the ocean, showing more oceanic climate characteristics.
The largest town in Kamchatka is Petropavlovsk, located in the south of the peninsula, where the minimum temperature can reach minus 40 degrees Celsius in winter and the maximum temperature in summer does not exceed 15 degrees Celsius.
Due to the cold climate, most of Kamchatka is covered with permafrost, making it unsuitable for human habitation. According to statistics, the total population of Kamchatka is about 2480 thousand, most of them live in Petropavlovsk.
Most of Kamchatka is a no-man's land and is a paradise for wildlife, including brown bears, elk, Siberian bighorn sheep, arctic foxes, beavers, mountain eagles, and many more.
Although the Kamchatka Peninsula is sparsely populated, it is rich in resources, and there is no shortage of rare and subarctic coniferous forests on the peninsula. Mineral resources include gold, copper, molybdenum ore, and more.
The Kamchatka Peninsula is bordered by the Sea of Okhotsk, the Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean, and is extremely rich in fishery resources, with the main fish species being salmon, herring, flounder, etc. Now the economy of Kamchatka is mainly dependent on tourism and fishing, and minerals are not developed on a large scale.
Second, the history of Kamchatka. The inhabitants of Kamchatka are mainly Russians and Kamchatkas, who are the indigenous people of Kamchatka and have historically lived by fishing and hunting. During the Tang Dynasty, the Kamchatkans established the Ghost State. In 640 A.D., the king of the Wandering Ghost Kingdom sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty to pay tribute, and the envoy's name was Keye Yuzhi, who was the son of Meng Fei, the leader of the Wandering Ghost Kingdom.
Keye Yu Zhi obeyed his father's orders and set off in 639 A.D., passing through the Yan Dynasty and arriving in Chang'an in 640. But Yu Zhi's trip officially established the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Liugui Kingdom. The Rogues were located in the Kamchatka region, so during the Tang Dynasty, Kamchatka became a vassal territory of China. According to the New Tang Book. The Legend of Dongyi records: The country of Liugui, 15,000 miles away from Beijing, is located in the northeast of Heishui Yao.
In 1699, Kamchatka came under the control of Tsarist Russia, which began to emigrate to Kamchatka and introduced measures of assimilation of the Kamchatka. The number of Kamchatkans is scarce, now the number of Kamchatkans is about three thousand, and the number of Kamchatka is 24It has a population of 80,000, mainly ethnic Russians. Under the assimilation of Russia, the Kamchatcans now mainly speak the Russian language and believe in Orthodox Christianity, except for the difference in appearance, the other cultural aspects are basically the same as the Russians.