Secret of Sakhalin Island (Karafuto)

Description: Along with Kuril islands, Sakhalin Island (Karafuto) forms one of the territories disputed between Japan and Russia for a long time. Most of the materials exposed here are unknown in the western literature.

Keywords: Sakhalin Kuril Russia Japan China Ainu Nivkh Mamiya Rinzo Mamiya Karafuto Chishima Okhotsk Hokkaido Siberia Russo-Japanese War World War II Shimoda Treaty Saint Petersburg Treaty San Francisco Treaty Amur River Ezo Matsumae territorial dispute