Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands

E47857

historical event military occupation

The Soviet occupation of the Kuril Islands was the post–World War II takeover and continued control of the Kuril archipelago by the Soviet Union, which led to a long-standing territorial dispute with Japan.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Kuril Islands dispute	5
Japan–Russia territorial dispute	3
Soviet occupation of the Kuril Islands	3
Soviet invasion of the Kuril Islands	2
Invasion of the Kuril Islands	1
Russia–Japan territorial dispute	1
Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ military occupation ⓘ
appliesToPart	Habomai Islands ⓘ Iturup ⓘ Kunashir ⓘ Kuril Islands ⓘ Shikotan ⓘ Southern Kurils ⓘ surface form: Southern Kuril Islands
chronology	occurred after Japan’s surrender in World War II ⓘ
conflict	Kuril Islands dispute ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
demographicChange	replacement of Japanese inhabitants with Soviet settlers ⓘ
endTime	1991 ⓘ
followedBy	Russian control of Kuril Islands ⓘ
follows	Soviet declaration of war on Japan ⓘ South Sakhalin Offensive Operation ⓘ surface form: Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Soviet invasion of the Kuril Islands
hasCause	Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ surface form: Soviet–Japanese War World War II ⓘ
hasEffect	Japan–Russia territorial dispute ⓘ Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kuril Islands dispute non-signing of a formal World War II peace treaty between Japan and Russia ⓘ
languageOfOfficialAdministration	Russian ⓘ
legalBasis	Potsdam Declaration ⓘ Treaty of San Francisco ⓘ surface form: San Francisco Peace Treaty (as interpreted by the Soviet Union) Yalta Conference ⓘ surface form: Yalta Conference agreements
legalBasisClaimedBy	Russia ⓘ surface form: Russian Federation Soviet Union ⓘ
location	Kuril Islands ⓘ Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Pacific Ocean Sakhalin Oblast ⓘ
opposedBy	Japan ⓘ Government of Japan ⓘ surface form: Japanese government displaced Japanese residents ⓘ
participant	Japan ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf	post–World War II Allied occupation of Japanese territories ⓘ
previousOfficialLanguage	Japanese ⓘ
relatedTo	Japan–Russia relations ⓘ Japan–Soviet relations ⓘ Northern Territories issue ⓘ
result	annexation of Kuril Islands by the Soviet Union ⓘ expulsion of Japanese population from the Kuril Islands ⓘ incorporation of Kuril Islands into Sakhalin Oblast ⓘ resettlement of Kuril Islands by Soviet citizens ⓘ
significantEvent	evacuation of Japanese civilians ⓘ landing of Soviet troops on Shumshu ⓘ transfer of administration from Japanese to Soviet authorities ⓘ
startTime	1945-08-18 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet–Japanese War (1945) → result → Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands ⓘ

Kuril Islands → disputeKnownAs → Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuril Islands dispute

Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands → follows → Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of the Kuril Islands

Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands → hasEffect → Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuril Islands dispute

South Sakhalin Offensive Operation → followedBy → Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Invasion of the Kuril Islands

Kuril straits → subjectOf → Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: Kuril Straits

this entity surface form: Russia–Japan territorial dispute

Shikotan → partOfDispute → Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuril Islands dispute

Nemuro Strait → hasGeopoliticalSignificance → Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japan–Russia territorial dispute

Habomai Islands → partOfDispute → Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuril Islands dispute

Habomai Islands → partOfDispute → Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japan–Russia territorial dispute

August Storm → result → Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation August Storm

this entity surface form: Soviet occupation of the Kuril Islands

Japan–Soviet relations → significantEvent → Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet occupation of the Kuril Islands

Japan–Soviet relations → mainDispute → Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuril Islands dispute

Soviet occupation of southern Sakhalin → relatedTo → Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet occupation of the Kuril Islands

Japanese 5th Area Army → notableEvent → Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of the Kuril Islands

NTAA (English context) → subjectOf → Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Territories Affairs Administration

this entity surface form: Japan–Russia territorial dispute