The crews of the two boats, "Commander of the Bering" and "Joy"

The crews of the two boats, "Commander of the Bering" and "Joy" with the students and faculty of Moscow State University named after Nevel on board an expedition on July 17. Swimming is dedicated to the memory of pioneers Pacific coast. Selfless work of Russian explorers led by Admiral Gennady Nevelsky allowed for the border demarcation with China, Korea and Japan that precipitated the current borders Russia to the north-east Asia. He founded a number of frontier military posts that have become modern settlements. The expedition Gennady Nevel also determined the place of the regional center of the new Russian possessions (today Khabarovsk), and set the stage for the opening of ports in southern Primorye. The route will pass through the towns based Amur expedition or associated with the name Nevel: Nevel'sk - Kholmsk - Nikolaevsk-on-Amur - Peter Spit - De Castries - Sovetskaya Gavan - Nogliki - Korsakov. At each point of call is scheduled to meet with the public to promote knowledge about the actions of the Amur expedition and its role in the development of the region. Spit on Peter, site of the first settlement of the Amur expedition, located in the Gulf of Happiness in the Okhotsk Sea, the expedition will establish a memorial in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Admiral Gennady Nevel.