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		tgv on March 8, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japan has declared today that the southern Kurils ... It was given to the Soviet Union when Japan lost in WW2, basically, so the claim has a rather different background.

skhr0680 on March 8, 2022 [–]

It wasn't given to the Soviet Union, which is why the Soviets refused to sign the San Francisco peace treaty

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