Damansky Island
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Damansky Island is a small river island on the Ussuri River that became widely known as the site of a 1969 armed border clash between the Soviet Union and China.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Даманский остров | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical feature
ⓘ
river island ⓘ |
| approximateArea | less than 1 square kilometer ⓘ |
| borderBetween |
China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderRiver | Ussuri River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderType | fluvial border ⓘ |
| casualtiesIn1969Clash | dozens of soldiers killed ⓘ |
| causeOfTension | Sino-Soviet split NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Sino-Soviet border conflict
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zhenbao Island incident ⓘ |
| countryClaim |
China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentCountry | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentName | Zhenbao Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | 1969 ⓘ |
| disputeParties |
People's Republic of China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disputeType | territorial dispute ⓘ |
| eventType |
border clash
ⓘ
military confrontation ⓘ |
| formerCountry |
Russian Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geopoliticalContext | Sino-Soviet split and Cold War rivalry ⓘ |
| hasLanguageAssociation |
Chinese language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Cold War ⓘ |
| locatedInOrNear | Sino-Russian border ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Ussuri River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militarySignificance | site of intense firefights in 1969 ⓘ |
| nameInChinese | 珍宝岛 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameInRussian | Остров Даманский NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCountry |
China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict
ⓘ
1969 armed border clash between the Soviet Union and China ⓘ |
| partOf | Ussuri River islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Northeast China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russian Far East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riverBoundary | Ussuri River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusAfterSovietUnion | part of Russian Federation–China border area ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | border control ⓘ |
| transferAgreement | Sino-Russian border agreements of the 1990s ⓘ |
| usedAs |
symbol of border vigilance in Soviet propaganda
ⓘ
symbol of defending national territory in Chinese propaganda ⓘ |
| yearOfMajorClash | 1969 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Даманский остров