Работа состоит из двух частей. В первой из них приводятся подробные данные о всех голоценовых вулканах и большинстве плейстоценовых вулканических массивов. Для каждого вулкана приведены данные о форме, строении, петрографии и истории развития. Отдельная глава посвящена петрографическим и петрохимическим особенностям курильских лав. Все вулканологические данные увязаны с особенностями строения земной коры и верхней мантии.
В монографии впервые в мировой вулканологической литературе приводятся такие подробные данные по большому кругу вопросов, на столь обширной территории.
Во второй части рассматриваются петрохимические особенности, а также имеющиеся сведения о строении земной коры и верхней мантии в островных и вулканических дугах, внутри океанических и внутриконтиненталъных вулканах Тихоокеанской области. На большом новом материале подтверждаются выводы о мантийном питании вулканов и о существовании двух главных классов пород — океанического и континентального. Дается схема эволюции вулканизма, как отображение эволюции верхней
мантии.
Книга рассчитана на геологов широкого профиля, а также геофизиков и геохимиков.

The Eastern and Southern zones of Kamchatka arc presented in the second volume. They are characterized by a weaker activity, and their volcanoes arc not as large and powerful as those of the Northern Group. But volcanic manifestations here are more diverse. Half of the volcanoes are connected with collapse calderas. Huge hydrothermal systems are here too. Among them, the famous Valley of Geisers is one of the most picturesque places on Earth.
The book is abounded with colour photographs, maps, schemes, and sketches. They enable the reader to catch uniqueness of these colourful sights and will be of interest not only for specialists in volcanology and geology, but also to a great number of nature lovers.

The book provides a systematic description of active volcanoes of Kamchatka — one of the most active volcanic regions of the world. Distribution, shape and activity of the volcanoes, their position in complex and long-lived volcanic centres, as well as their geologic structure and composition are presented.
The book is illustrated with colour maps, schemes, and sketches. Over 300 colour photographs show volcanic landscapes, diverse volcanic forms (cones, craters, lava flows, calderas, etc.) and various manifestations of post-volcanic activity (hydrotherms, famous Kamchatka geysers).
Concise, lavishly illustrated with colourful and high-quality photographs, the book makes an interesting and useful reading not only for specialists (volcanologists, geologists, geochemists, geophysicists, geographes, etc.) but for a bioad readership as well. The publication is unique and unparalleled in scientific literature. The text is presented in Russian and in English.
This monography is written by scientists from the Institute of volcanology, Far East Division, the Academy of Science of the USSR.

We have summed up and supplemented new data on the eruptions of 1926-1927, 1938 and 1945 plus added the description of the last eruption of the volcano in January 1991. Considering the dynamics of the eruptive activity of the Avachinsky volcano in 1737-1991 we have presented a classification for these eruptions. Also we made a forecast of the type and parameters of possible future eruption as well as estimated the volcanic hazard associated with it. Because of high degree of volcanic hazard in the SW and S sectors of the base of the volcano it is proposed to prohibit constructions of any kind in these areas.