700°E / 44.100; 146.700 The Kuril Islands dispute, known as the Northern Territories dispute in Japan, is a territorial dispute between Japan and Russia... 85 KB (9,887 words) - 00:58, 2 May 2024 |
to the ongoing Kuril Islands dispute. The disputed islands are known in Japan as the country's "Northern Territories". The name Kuril originates from... 51 KB (4,412 words) - 08:49, 11 April 2024 |
Kuril Islands are an archipelago stretching from the Japanese island of Hokkaido to the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula. The Kurils and the nearby island... 14 KB (1,693 words) - 16:35, 22 April 2024 |
The Invasion of the Kuril Islands (Russian: Курильская десантная операция, lit. 'Kuril Islands Landing Operation') was the World War II Soviet military... 8 KB (634 words) - 02:09, 22 April 2024 |
Kunashir (redirect from Kunashir Island) the Kurils. It is claimed by Japan (see Kuril Islands dispute). Kunashir is separated by the Catherine Strait (Kunashiri Suido) from the island of Iturup... 24 KB (2,824 words) - 10:04, 25 April 2024 |
Russian-occupied territories (category Kuril Islands) been involved in the Kuril Islands dispute due to Russia's 1991 inheritance of control over the four southernmost Kuril Islands, which Japan has claimed... 24 KB (2,160 words) - 16:04, 8 April 2024 |
Japan–Russia relations (section Kuril Islands dispute) peace negotiations with Japan that include talks on resolving the Kuril Islands dispute. Russian navigator Adam Laxman was sent by Catherine the Great to... 37 KB (4,211 words) - 04:25, 3 April 2024 |
Shikotan (redirect from Shpanberg Island (Kuril Islands)) Shikotan Island, 1990. Shikotan, 1980. Lighthouse, 1980. Landscape, 1980. Pre-WW2 Shikotan Shrine. Whale bones were used for a Torii Kuril Islands dispute Soviet–Japanese... 8 KB (752 words) - 17:02, 24 March 2024 |
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875) (redirect from Kuril Sakhalin exchange treaty) ongoing, and long-standing, territorial dispute between Russia and Japan over the jurisdiction of the Kuril Islands. In 1811, Vasily Golovnin, a Russian... 9 KB (1,016 words) - 22:23, 16 January 2024 |