The Kuril Islands are a chain of islands stretching across the Pacific Ocean from Northern Japan, north of the Japanese island of Hokkaido to the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka. The majority of the islands were considered part of Japan throughout much of prerecorded history. In the 17th century Russia advanced eastward and expressed interest in the island chain. In 1855 the "Treaty of Commerce, Navigation and Delimitation / Shimoda Treaty" was signed between Japan and Russia acknowledging the four southernmost islands of the chain belonging to Japan. Subsequently in 1875 another treaty was signed between the two nations: Japan (Nihon-koku) and Russia (the once "Evil Empire" / Soviet Union). It was the "Treaty of Saint Petersburg / Karafuto-Chishima Kokan Joyaku." This treaty acknowledged Japanese dominance over the whole chain of islands from Hokkaido, Japan to Kamchatka, Russia. In return Japan acknowledged Russian dominance over the island of Sakhalin. This treaty remained until August, 1945. In the closing days of World War Two the Soviet Union (Russia, The Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics -- USSR "the Evil Empire") decided to honor comments made to their allies and entered the War in the Pacific against Japan. The commies invaded the Japanese in Manchuria. Then after the cessation of hostilities the commies occupied and stole the Kuril Islands, specifically the four large islands of the chain just north of Hokkaido, Japan. There were 17000 Japanese inhabiting <b>...</b> Длительность: 4:46
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Stepping onboard the overnight sleeper;-Hi Guy's, I have two very short videos here of some trains I saw and travelled on a recent work trip to Sakhalin, Sakhalin is part of Russia, and is Russia's largest island, which is about one-quarter the size of Japan, and just off the East coast of Russia, and just north of Japan. I had to travel from Yuzhno the capitol in the south to Nogliki in the north, on an overnight train, a journey of some 14 hours, I had never been on a train for 14 hours before, and although there was not a great deal to see on the journey, other than trees when the light was good enough to see out, it was an interesting railway experience, each carriage on the train has a stewardess, who checked your ticket and your passport on boarding, even though we were not crossing any international borders. The checking of a passport by a rather straight faced and robust looking stewardess to board a train seemed like a throwback to the days of the USSR as seen in an old spy movie of the cold war years. The stewardess's also prepare each compartment with fresh linen and they also served food, coffee and vodka etc in the first class carriages, and whilst each carriage had a stewardess the level of service was slightly different for each class. The journey was like going back in time to when train travel was quite different, the trains looked quite dated but were clan and comfortable and had mats carpets and curtains and it seemed typically Russian, dated and <b>...</b> Длительность: 2:14
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This is a sonification of the South Of Fiji Islands 6.1ML earthquake (10/15/2011 22:24:50 GMT). It was made from a seismogram recorded by the global seismic station YSS in SAKHALIN, RUSSIA. Find more at www.flyrok.org. Длительность: 0:07
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On May 12 the California Coastal Commission passed a resolution to oppose the proposed IWC rules, and to show support for the current moratorium on commercial whaling. The resolution urges President Obama to direct the US delegation to vote against the new rules at the International Whaling Commission meeting, and asks the IWC to focus on protecting whales and their habitat. This new proposal for commercial whaling stops the whaling moratorium which for 24 years has helped to bring whales back from the brink of extinction. President Obama has initiated, organized and strongly promoted the proposal to allow the commercial killing of the endangered whale species. The policy would reward countries which have already killed 33000 whales since the moratorium had been established. Allowing commercial whaling would mark an unacceptable setback for whales and conservation. About every 2 years the female Gray Whale gives birth to one calf in Baja California, Mexico. She nurses her calf for 7- 8 month. Her milk is 53% fat (human milk is 2% fat). Mother and baby remain in the lagoons for 2 to 3 months, so the baby can build fat in order to stay warm in the cold water of the northern regions. Once threatened by fisher people in Baja California, the Gray Whales enjoy lots of attention and protection in the lagoons today, because one fisher man recognized that the whales attract tourism and bring them much more money than they had gained through their fishing industry. People from all <b>...</b> Длительность: 9:55
Социальный мультсериал "Как вести себя в чрезвычайных ситуациях" (анимационная студия "Форсайт"). Серия "Электричество" (по комиксу Ромы Кима) Длительность: 0:31
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Sakhalin taimen spawning behaviour in Northern Hokkaido Manu Images were recorded by Mitsuru Kawahara, Tyler Warren, Kouichi Osanai, Mikiya Kasai and Manu Esteve individual.utoronto.ca Длительность: 3:47