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Many people are tempted to compare the claim to the Russian argument in Dombass: it’s a much smaller claim (20k inhabitants), a consistent one since 1945. The p

by bertil 5y ago

Many people are tempted to compare the claim to the Russian argument in Dombass: it’s a much smaller claim (20k inhabitants), a consistent one since 1945. The population is notoriously isolated, too.

tgv 5y ago
It was given to the Soviet Union when Japan lost in WW2, basically, so the claim has a rather different background.
- skhr0680 5y ago
  It wasn't given to the Soviet Union, which is why the Soviets refused to sign the San Francisco peace treaty