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On 18 June 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved to Kunashiri. The result of the discussion was Kunashir Island moved to Kunashir; Iturup not moved..

NPOV

The English name for this Island is usually the Japanese one. The Google test gives 81,000 hits for "Kunashir", 194,000 for "Kunashiri".

Since the Russian landgrab in 1945 has never been recognized by any civilized country and violates even the Soviet declaration of the 1950's, it is ludicrous that Wikipedia validates it. 68.150.238.234 (talk) 19:57, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This islands are russian today. Those are the facts.

And about the langrab what about the Mexican–American War and the American langrab of Texas and the half of Mexico or the Spanish–American in 1898 and the langrab of Cuba, Puerto rico and Philipines.

Who is the population

Is the population from Japan or Russia? The history is also a little poor, who are the original people? Obviously I am guessing the Ainu --Inayity (talk) 12:54, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I recently watched a documentary movie for Kuril islands and I saw a lot of pretty blonde girls and they not look like japanese so I am not thinking there live many japanese today. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.85.151.152 (talk) 22:24, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 18 June 2023

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Kunashir Island moved to Kunashir; Iturup not moved.. (closed by non-admin page mover) Sceptre (talk) 15:36, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Kunashir Island → Kunashiri
Iturup → Etorofu

– Changing russian names of the occupied islands to the proper Japanese one. 83.4.162.51 (talk) 20:37, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose proposal isn't based on policy, obvious political animus with low effort put into it. Killuminator (talk) 06:06, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, not a policy-based proposal.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:12, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

is there btw any reason that the article is called Kunashir Island and not Kunashir? Are there other Kunashirs around? Ymblanter (talk) 10:14, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME. Agree with renaming to Kunashir per Ymblanter. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:39, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Names of surrounding bodies of water

Previously, the article has said: Kunashir lies between the straits of Kunashir Island, Catherine, Izmena, and South Kuril. These names are not on the map, so it seemed like vandalism, but it turns out this list has been in the article from the beginning. I followed the Russian article, and matched the Russian names to the Japanese names, with help for Japanese toponyms from [1] (which shows that Nemuro Kaikyo includes Notsuke Suido) and for Russian toponyms from [2]. It's confusing that Japanese "Kunashiri Suido" and Russian "Kunashir Proliv" refer to two different bodies of water, and that "Nemuro Kaikyo" has a narrow meaning (only Russian Kunashir Strait) and a broader meaning (that includes Notsuke Suido). Should this be pointed out in the paragraph? Vagabond nanoda (talk) 11:55, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]