Lake Khasan area

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The Lake Khasan area is a border region between the Soviet Union (now Russia) and Japan’s former holdings in Manchuria and Korea, known as the site of a brief but intense 1938 military clash between Soviet and Japanese forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf border region
geographical area
adjacentTo Japanese-controlled Korea
Japanese-controlled Manchukuo NERFINISHED
associatedWith Soviet–Japanese relations NERFINISHED
prelude to World War II in Asia
borderFunction boundary between Russia and North Korea
bordersWith China NERFINISHED
Korea NERFINISHED
Manchuria NERFINISHED
North Korea NERFINISHED
conflict Soviet–Japanese border conflict NERFINISHED
country Russia
Soviet Union
currentStatus part of the Russian Federation
eventDate 1938
geopoliticalContext Far Eastern border of the Soviet Union
historicalRole frontier between Soviet Union and Japanese-controlled territories
knownFor Battle of Lake Khasan NERFINISHED
locatedIn Primorsky Krai NERFINISHED
Russian Far East NERFINISHED
militarySignificance site of brief but intense clash between Soviet and Japanese forces
namedAfter Lake Khasan NERFINISHED
near Sea of Japan NERFINISHED
Tumen River NERFINISHED
partOf Soviet–Japanese border disputes NERFINISHED
regionType tri-border area
strategicImportance control of border heights and access routes
timePeriod pre–World War II era
usedBy Imperial Japanese Army NERFINISHED
Red Army NERFINISHED

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