Siberia, Siberia conclusion, the book consists of several chapters which are dedicated to particular regions: Tobolsk, the old capital of Russian Siberia; Lake Baikal; Irkutsk, the city on the Angara which the author has long made his made home; Altai; Kyakhta, the 18-19th century entrepôt for China tea trade; and the isolated Arctic community of Russkoye Ustye with its archaic customs and dialect. Later Russian editions had additional chapters added. As usual in Rasputin's writing, his greatest ire is reserved for the masterminds of the river damming and water export schemes, such as the Siberian river reversal project, which was shelved (not
Honey blue-eye ornatus"), crimson-spotted rainbowfish ("Melanotaenia duboulayi"), empire gudgeon ("Hypseleotris compressa"), firetailed gudgeon ("Hypseleotris galii"), and western carp gudgeon ("Hypseleotris klunzingeri"), and occasionally with the Oxleyan pygmy perch ("Nannoperca oxleyana") or Pacific blue-eye. Originally classified as "vulnerable" in 1988, the honey blue-eye was reclassified as "endangered" by the IUCN in 1996. It is listed as "vulnerable" under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 nationally in Australia, and under state-based legislation in Queensland. Its habitat is fragmented as it lies on the fringes of large urban areas, much of which has been subjected to massive development. Within its range, three invasive