Они дают представление об условиях жизни, быте, занятиях местного населения в начале прошлого века.
Ключевые слова: дневники, экспедиционные дневники, Камчатские экспедиции, Командорские экспедиции, статистические ведомости, архивные документы.
(Publication prepared by N. A. Poberezhnaya, N. A. Tatarenkova)
Scanned copies of the expedition diaries of the Russian Far East researcher V. K. Arsenyev are used in the work. The travel diaries of Arsenyev V.K. about the Kamchatka expedition from July 7 to October 13, 1918 and the Commander expedition from June 17 to August 31, 1923 are published with small cuts. Statistical
information provided by Arsenyev on settlements is of great interest to historians, local historians, researchers of the Kamchatka Territory. They give an idea of the living conditions, life, occupations of the local population at the beginning of the last century.
Keywords: diaries, expedition diaries, Kamchatka expeditions, Commander expeditions, statistical records, archival documents.