The Japanese claimed sovereignty over all of it in 1485, but in 1875 they ceded it to the Russians in exchange for control of the Kurils.
In 1983 a Korean civilian airliner was shot down over this island, also called Krafto. Evidence of ancient civilizations has been found near Aniva bay, and early explorers such as La Perouse and Krusenstern first thought it to be a peninsula, but it is bounded from the mainland by the straits of Tartary and Mamiya. The Japanese claimed sovereignty over all of it in 1485, but in 1875 they ceded it to the Russians in exchange for control of the Kurils. FTP name this long island in Eastern Siberia.
In 1983 a Korean civilian airliner was shot down over this island, also called Krafto.
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