Iturup Island is the largest island of the Kuriles. It is unspeakably beautiful and has a length russia pm wife 200 kilometers. One of its sides is washed by the Pacific Ocean and there is the Sea of Okhotsk on the other side.

Almost the whole island is a nature reserve. There are no mountains there but it has nine active volcanoes and Stokap is the highest one. In the picture you see its crater. People may come to these hot springs at any time of the day and swim there for free. But remember that it’s going to hurt if you have a cut or a burn. The island is rich for its mineral resources.

90s all of it broke down. There are several cities on the island. The largest one which has a population of 10 thousand people, is Kurilsk. A lot of military men live in presidios, like in the one from the picture. A few people which can be seen wandering in the streets, look rather depressed which is understandable. We advise the outdoorsman to wear little noisy bells on clothing so as to give advanced warning to any bears that that might be close by so you don’t take them by surprise.

Grizzly bear shit has bells in it and it smells like pepper. Is this the island that is in dispute with Japan? Kuril Islands are belong to Russia. That’s not an accurate characterization of the land disputes. WW2 Japan was ordered to return all the land they had conquered during WW1 and WW2. They returned tons of land, at the direction of America.

All of South Korea and North Korea were under Japanese control between 1910 and 1945. The upper portion of Korea was taken by Russia in 1945 at the very tail end of WW2, the south was returned following Japan’s surrender. With the Southern Kuril islands it’s a little different. Japan officially incorporated the islands in the 1600s.

They were official undisputed Japanese territory until the tail end of WW2, when Russia snuck in and conquered them. I don’t think it’s a matter of Japan WANTing these islands. It’s a matter of Japan having a very legitimate historical claim over the southern Kurils, which were unfortunately and conveniently conquered by Russia at a time when Japan had all but surrendered already. Also regarding the Warning sign, has Russia laid claim to the northwesten part of North America again? Internet searches indicate that the sign is in British Columbia, Canada, not the Russian Far East.

This is a place I would love to live in but my wife would never allow it because we have kids she’d think it was too secluded for them. It looks a lot like Alaska especially the Aleutian Islands. Why is there a British Columbia bear sign? Nice Waring but seeing as most people that would be on this island do not speak English they cant read it. Why would they need tanks there?