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    Kunashir Island (Russian: Кунаши́р, romanized: Kunashír; Japanese: 国後島, romanized: Kunashiri-tō; Ainu: クナシㇼ, romanized: Kuna=sir), possibly meaning Black...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    129th Independent Brigade (Urup), and 89th Infantry Division (Iturup and Kunashir). The Japanese commander was Lieutenant General Fusaki Tsutsumi. Initial...
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    Kolguyev Komsomolets, Severnaya Zemlya Kotelny Island, New Siberian Islands Kunashir, Kuril Islands Lisy Island, Nakhodka Bay Maly Taymyr Island Mezhdusharskiy...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Yuzhno-Kurilsk (category Kunashir Island)
    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...
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    are: Iturup (Russian: Итуруп)—Etorofu Island (Japanese: 択捉島, Etorofu-tō) Kunashir (Russian: Кунашир)—Kunashiri Island (Japanese: 国後島, Kunashiri-tō) Shikotan...
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    southernmost islands as the Northern Territories, consisting of Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan, and the Habomai Islands. This claim is based on ambiguities...
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    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...
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    currently under Russian administration, but together with Iturup (Etorofu), Kunashir (Kunashiri), and Shikotan are claimed by Japan. In the fifteenth century...
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    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...
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    claims the southern group of the Kuril Islands (viz. Iturup, Shikotan, Kunashir and Habomai), which were occupied by the Soviet Union in 1945 and incorporated...
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  • province of Sakhalin been formed which included Kunashir District. Kunashiri (国後郡), around Kunashir Island (occupied and administered by Russia, see...
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    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)...
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    ˈstoɫpt͡ɕɪtɨj], lit. 'Cape Columnar') is a geographic cape on the west shore of Kunashir Island, the southernmost of the Kuril Islands, in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia...
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    1859. It is found in Russia (Middle Amur, Primorye, southern Sakhalin, Kunashir), China, Korea and Japan. Savela, Markku. "Chionarctia niveus (Ménétriés...
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    Sulawesi, Indonesia) Sakurajima (Aira caldera, Kyūshū, Japan) Tyatya (Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia) Urataman (Simushir Island, Kuril Islands...
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    of islands in the Pacific Ocean. It includes North Kurils, Iturup and Kunashir. At its south western end, the Greater Kuril Chain is separated from the...
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    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...
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    United Kingdom) 263 Rupat 1,490 580 Indonesia (Riau) 264 Kunashiri Island/Kunashir Island 1,489 575 Territorial dispute initially part of Japan (Hokkaidō...
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  • history: Koshamain's War (1457) Shakushain's revolt (1669-1672) Menashi–Kunashir rebellion (1789) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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    living population): This group numbered almost 2,000 people (mainly in Kunashir, Iturup, and Urup) during the 18th century. In 1884, their population had...
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    northward and fought against the Japanese in Shakushain's Revolt and Menashi-Kunashir Rebellion, until by the Meiji period they were confined by the government...
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    Mendeleyeva (category Kunashir Island)
    Japanese: 羅臼山, Rausu-san) is a stratovolcano located in the southern part of Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. The dominantly andesitic-dacitic volcano...
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    islands. It also occurs on Honshu and Hokkaido Islands in Japan and on Kunashir, Iturup, and Sakhalin Islands in Russia. The least weasel occupies a similar...
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    revolt in 1669–1672. In 1789, a smaller movement known as the Menashi–Kunashir rebellion was crushed. After that rebellion, the terms "Japanese" and "Ainu"...
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    deplana pavescens (Butler, 1877) (Russia: Middle Amur, Primorye, Sakhalin, Kunashir; Korea; Japan) Larvae are a dirty lead-grey colour, bearing a yellow dorsal...
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