Scientific reference publication. Vladivostok: Dalnauka Publ., 2011. 245 p.; Edited by G. P. Beloglazov. Vladivostok: Dalnauka Publ., 2011, 184 p. (Proceedings of the Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East. Ser. Oriental Studies, vol. XV) The first of the peer - reviewed works is a reference book, which is a collective work of leading specialists of the Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It contains in a concentrated form a variety of information about the countries of North-East Asia as of the beginning of the XXI century. And undoubtedly, it can be considered as a rather unique work. The book contains information on the history, geography, state and political structure, economy, sociology and demography, the state of science, education and culture of the countries geographically related to the North-East Asian region: the Far Eastern Federal District of the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea., the Republic of Korea and Japan. Brief, but carefully selected and representative data allow us to get an idea of the history of the formation and development of each of these states, geographical, historical, political, ethnic, cultural and other features of these countries, which to some extent determined the political and economic specifics of each country, its role and place in the system of economic and political relations in the world. in the region under consideration, as well as in the international arena. The first section of the handbook, dedicated to the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia (authors A. S. Vashchuk, A. P. Gerasimenko, S. G. Kovalenko, A. P. Konyakhina), is, of course, the most complete and detailed. In addition to the main historical and geographical information about the region, the authors present the complex social and demographic situation ... Read more