12 jours à Nuku Hiva: Rencontres et révolte russe dans le Pacifique Sud (12 Days at Nuku Hiva: Russian Encounters and Mutiny in the South Pacific), Elena Govor (2021).

This review focuses on Elena Govor's 2021 French-language book *12 jours à Nuku Hiva: Rencontres et révolte russe dans le Pacifique Sud* (12 Days at Nuku Hiva: Russian Encounters and Mutiny in the South Pacific), which examines the twelve-day stay of Johann Adam von Krusenstern's expedition—the first Russian circumnavigation of the South Sea in 1803—on Nuku Hiva, the largest Marquesas island. Drawing on unpublished diaries and letters, Govor explores the interactions among the expedition's diverse members, including Russian–German elites, Russians, and Japanese passengers, as well as their encounters with the Marquesan society, focusing on social structures, tattooing practices, and barter exchanges. The book also analyzes internal tensions culminating in a mutiny-like power struggle between co-commanders Krusenstern and Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov. Govor's work contributes detailed ethno-historical insights into early Russian-Pacific exploration and the cultural exchanges that shaped European perceptions of the Marquesas.