Kronotsky Nature Reserve Kronotsky Nature Reserve Kronotsky (Кроноцкий) Nature Reserve (also: "Kronotsky Biosphere Zapovednik") is a nature area reserved for the study of natural sciences in the remote Russian Far East, on the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. It was created in 1934 and its current boundary contains an area of . The largest lake in the reserve is Lake Kronotskoye, which covers an area of . It also has Russia's only geyser basin, plus several mountain ranges with numerous volcanoes, both active and extinct. Due to its often harsh climate and its mix of volcanoes and geysers, it is frequently described as
Dragon Dormant and the latent energy contained within the written Chinese character, finds powerful expression". Dragon Dormant Dragon Dormant, also known as The Hibernating Dragon (), is a short story by Chinese author Pu Songling collected in "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" ("Liaozhai"; 1740). The story is about a character named "Commissioner Qu" and his encounter with a supernatural creature in his study. Wuling County commissioner Qu is in his study reading when suddenly he spots a "little creature, bright as a glow-worm" on his desk. It slowly makes its way to one of Qu's books, after which he ascertains the