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The Sino-Soviet border conflict was a seven-month undeclared military conflict between the Soviet Union and China in 1969, following the Sino-Soviet split.The most serious border clash, which brought the world's two largest socialist states to the brink of war, occurred near Damansky (Zhenbao) Island on the Ussuri (Wusuli) River in Manchuria.
The Soviet Union made a counterattack against Chinese forces on Zhenbao/Damansky island as a followup to the March 2 incident initiated by the Chinese. While the number of deaths on both sides was not publicized, the USSR's Red Army defeated China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) with superior force and "a PLA infantry regiment was decimated by ...
Zhenbao Island. Zhenbao Island (simplified Chinese: 珍宝岛; traditional Chinese: 珍寶島; pinyin: Zhēnbǎo dǎo; lit. 'Rare Treasure Island') or Damansky Island [2] (Russian: о́стров Дама́нский, romanized: ostrov Damanskiy) is an island in Hulin, [3] Jixi, Heilongjiang Province, China, with an area of only 0.74 square kilometres (0.29 sq mi).
Under the terms of the agreement, the island remained in Russia's possession. Damansky, or Zhenbao Island along the Ussuri River, was the site of the 1969 Damansky Island incident. After the conflict, the Chinese appear to have retained de facto control over the island. The agreement recognized China's de jure as well as de facto control.
The conflict culminated after the Zhenbao Island incident in 1969, when the Soviet Union planned to launch a large-scale nuclear strike on China including its capital Beijing, but eventually called off the attack due to the intervention from the United States. [6] [7] [8] [9]
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The Chinese–Russian border or the Sino-Russian border is the international border between China and Russia.After the final demarcation carried out in the early 2000s, it measures 4,209.3 kilometres (2,615.5 mi), [1] and is the world's sixth-longest international border.
The Dyatlov Pass Incident, a 1959 hiking tragedy in the remote Russian mountains, has been the source of untold theories.. Nine hikers were killed mysteriously, but new evidence points to military ...