Kurillian knot
Subtitle: a history of Japanese-Russian border negotiations
By: Hiroshi Kimura ; translated by Mark Ealey.
Contributors: Ealey, Mark.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780804758352
Subjects: Japan -- Boundaries -- Russia (Federation) -- History; Russia (Federation) -- Boundaries -- Japan -- History; Japan -- Boundaries -- Soviet Union -- History; Soviet Union -- Boundaries -- Japan -- History; Kuril Islands (Russia) -- International status -- History; Japan -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation); Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Japan
Work titles: Nichi-Ro kokkyō kōshōshi.
Notes: Originally published in Japanese under the title: Nichi-Ro kokkyō kōshōshi, 1993.

Published in Russian under the title: Kurilʹskai︠a︡ problema, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Waking up to the concept of national borders; title: Black ship from the North; title: Territorial demarcation by force; title: Toward normalization of relations; title: Years of the aging Soviet leaders; title: The Gorbachev years; title: The Yeltsin years; title: The Putin years.