×
The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands are a volcanic archipelago administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the Russian Far East. The islands stretch ...
People also ask
Kuril Islands, archipelago in Sakhalin oblast (province), far-eastern Russia.
May 14, 2025
A Japanese online resource reports that military infrastructure that is springing up in the Kuril Islands is believed to be part of the future plan of "Northern Sea Route", a sea route between the Kara Sea in the Arctic and the Pacific Ocean.
The Kuril Islands cover an area of around 10,503.2 square kilometres (4,055.3 sq mi), with a population of roughly 20,000. The islands have been under Russian administration since their 1945 invasion by the Soviet Union near the end of World War II.
The Kuril Islands are part of the so-called border zone. Access to the islands is restricted for foreigners and locals alike. You will need a permit for: i) entering the islands; ii) occasionally, for buying boat tickets.
May 14, 2025 · Kuril Islands, archipelago in Sakhalin oblast (province), far-eastern Russia. The archipelago extends for 750 miles (1,200 km) from the southern ...
Dec 5, 2024 · This archipelago—known in both the Western and Russian vernacular as the Kuril Islands—separates the Sea of Okhotsk from the North Pacific Ocean ...
3' The Kuril islands north of Etorofu came under Russian sovereignty, and the islands stretching south, includ- ing Etorofu and the other three disputed islands ...
A chain of islands in the Russian Far East, located directly to the north of Hokkaido, Japan, east of Sakhalin and southwest of Kamchatka.
The Kuril Islands, stretching 715 miles (1150 km), lie between the northern Japanese islands of Hokkaido and the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula.
The Kuril Archipelago extends for 750 miles. (1,200 km) from the southern tip of Russia's. Kamchatka Peninsula to the northeastern coast of Japan's Hokkaido ...
The issue of the Northern Territories stems from what Stalin's assumed view of the geographic boundaries of the Kurile Islands.