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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Ainu toponyms, Chyornie Bratya, Iturup, Kunashir Island, Matua (island), Onekotan, Paramushir, Shiashkotan, Shumshu, Simushir, Southern Kuriles, Straits of the Kuril Islands, Urup, Kuril Islands dispute, Organization of Kita and Minami Fortresses, Severo-Kurilsk, Maarten Gerritsz Vries, Sarychev Peak, Defence of the Kuril Islands, Kharimkotan, Antsiferov Island, Ushishir, Rasshua, Raikoke, Ekarma, Shikotan, Ketoy, Invasion of the Kuril Islands, Habomai Islands, Makanrushi, Broutona, Chirinkotan, Nemuro Subprefecture, Atlasov Island, Burevestnik Airport, Treaty of Saint Petersburg, Chishima Province, Lvinaya Past, Tao-Rusyr Caldera, Kuril-Kamchatka Trench, Karpinsky Group, Mendeleyeva, Menashi-Kunashir Rebellion, Tyatya, Chikurachki, Cape Koritsky, Shikotan District, Hokkaid, Nemo Peak, Zavaritski Caldera, Golovnin, Yuzhno-Kurilsky District, Baransky, Vries Strait, Fuss Peak, All-Russian Committee for Defence of Kuriles, Bogatyr Ridge, Luzhin Strait, Rudakov, Ebeko, Kolokol Group, Goryashchaya Sopka, Chirip, Toya, Kuril Strait, Kuntomintar, Smirnov, Lomonosov Group, Atsonupuri, Tri Sestry, Vernadskii Ridge, Sinarka, Grozny Group, Milna, Urataman, Golets-Torny Group, Medvezhya, Prevo Peak, Berutarube, Ivao Group, Demon, Second Kuril Strait, Fourth Kuril Strait, Yuri, Snou Strait, Krusenstern Strait, Ekarma Strait, Esashi, Diana Strait, Brouton Bay, Shiretoko, Toyohira, Noboribetsu, Saroma. Excerpt: The Kuril Islands with the disputed islandsThe Kuril Islands dispute (Russian: ), also known as the Northern Territories dispute Hopp Ry do Mondai), is a dispute between Japan and Russia over sovereignty over the South Kuril Islands. The disputed islands, which were occupied by Soviet forces during the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation at the end of World War II, are under Russian administration as South Ku...