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Kunashir Island (Russian: Кунаши́р, romanized: Kunashír; Japanese: 国後島, romanized: Kunashiri-tō; Ainu: クナシㇼ, romanized: Kunasir), possibly meaning Black...

four southernmost islands, including two of the three largest (Iturup and Kunashir), as part of its territory, as well as Shikotan and the unpopulated Habomai...

The Menashi-Kunashir rebellion or war (クナシリ・メナシの戦い, Kunashiri Menashi no tatakai) or Menashi-Kunashir battle took place in 1789 between the Ainu and the...

Kolguyev Komsomolets, Severnaya Zemlya Kotelny Island, New Siberian Islands Kunashir, Kuril Islands Lisy Island, Nakhodka Bay Maly Taymyr Island Mezhdusharskiy...

129th Independent Brigade (Urup), and 89th Infantry Division (Iturup and Kunashir). The Japanese commander was Lieutenant General Fusaki Tsutsumi. Initial...

the same subspecies. Later, explorers to the Kuril islands of Iturup and Kunashir believed that the wolves they saw there were the Japanese subspecies. In...

administered by Russia and the United States, are just 3.8 km (2.4 mi) apart; and Kunashir Island of the Kuril Islands is merely 20 km (12.4 mi) from Hokkaido, Japan...

in dispute are: Iturup (Russian: Итуруп)—Etorofu Island (Japanese: 択捉島) Kunashir (Russian: Кунашир)—Kunashiri Island (Japanese: 国後島) Shikotan (Russian:...

southernmost islands as the Northern Territories, consisting of Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan, and the Habomai Islands. This claim is based on ambiguities...

Union near the end of World War II. But together with Iturup (Etorofu), Kunashir (Kunashiri), and Shikotan, the islands are claimed by Japan. In the fifteenth...

Census); 6,344 (1989 Soviet census). It is the largest settlement on the Kunashir Island of the Kuril Islands. The history of Yuzhno-Kurilsk is connected...

Hypomesus chishimaensis was described as being a new species in the lakes of Kunashir and Iturup in 1997 based on claimed morphological differences. After later...

province of Sakhalin been formed which included Kunashir District. Kunashiri (国後郡), around Kunashir Island (occupied and administered by Russia, see...

Village Ruyobetsu (Yuzhno-Kurilsk) 留夜別村 960.27 3,401 Kunashiri District (Kunashir) Village Shana (Kurilsk) 紗那村 973.3 1,426 Shana District Village Shibetoro...

Islands southeast of the Island of Sakhalin, comprising the islands of Kunashir, Shikotan, and the Habomai. The area of the district is 1,856.1 square...

Krai, Sakhalin, the Amur Oblast, the Shantar Islands, Iturup Island, and Kunashir Island in Siberia, northeastern China, North Korea, and Hokkaidō in Japan...

Sulawesi, Indonesia) Sakurajima (Aira caldera, Kyūshū, Japan) Tyatya (Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia) Urataman (Simushir Island, Kuril Islands...

islands are called the Chishima Islands. Iturup - Etorofu (択捉島, Etorofu-tō) Kunashir - Kunashiri (国後島, Kunashiri-tō) Shikotan - Shikotan (色丹島, Shikotan-tō)...

1859. It is found in Russia (Middle Amur, Primorye, southern Sakhalin, Kunashir), China, Korea and Japan. Savela, Markku. "Chionarctia niveus (Ménétriés...

archipelago (except the far South West) as well as on the Russian-administered Kunashir Island. In Japanese it is known as the aodaishō or "blue general". It is...