Zelyony

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Zelyony (Russian: Остров Зелёный, romanized: Ostrov Zelyony, lit. 'green island', Russian pronunciation: [ˈostrəf zʲɪˈlʲɵnɨj]; Japanese: 志発島, romanized: Shibotsu-tō, Japanese pronunciation: [ɕi̥botsɯ̥toː]) is an unpopulated and uninhabited island in the Kuril Island chain, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. Although it is administered by Russia and had been previously by the Soviet Union, it has been claimed by Japan since 1945.

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