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Zaozernaya Hill en · PROPN

Etymology

Partial calque of Russian сопка Заозёрная (sopka Zaozjórnaja).

Meanings

1. A hill between Hunchun, Yanbian prefecture, Jilin, China and Khasansky district, Primorsky Krai, Russia.
   • Attached to the map are the signatures and seals of the Chinese and Russian representatives who, on June 26, 1886, signed the so-called Hunchung Agreement, which clearly places the hill Zaozernaya (or Changkufeng) [translating 張鼓峰 /张鼓峰] in Russian territory.[…]As some one pointedly remarked, if there were any doubt about the sovereignty of Zaozernaya Hill, one thing would be clear: it does not belong to the Japanese military, who have no rights there. The hill must belong to the Soviet Union or to China-and China does not claim it.[…] On July 20th, the Japanese Ambassador in Moscow claimed Zaozernaya Hill for Japan and insolently demanded the withdrawal of the Soviet border guards. 1938 October, John Garnett, “Far Eastern "Incident"”, in Soviet Russia Today, volume 7, number 7, New York, N.Y.: S. R. T. Publications, Inc., →OCLC, page 17, columns 1–2:
   • "Stalin: Tell me Blyukher [translating Блю́хер (Bljúxer)], why is the order from the people's commissar of defense to use the air force to bomb all of our territory taken by the Japanese, including Zaozernaya hill, not being carried out? 1989 July 6 [1988 December], Dmitriy Volkogonov, “Triumph and Tragedy: A Portrait of I.V. Stalin”, in JPRS Report: Soviet Union, number 043, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Moscow, Oktyabr, No 12, translation of original in Russian, →OCLC, page 205, column 2:
   • "After the Japanese detachment on July 29 was dislodged from the Bezymiannaya Hill which it has seized, the Japanese concentrated troops, up to one division is^([sic – meaning in]) strength, in front of the Zaozernaya (Changkufeng) Hill located in the Soviet territory). In the night of July 31, at three o'clock, Japanese troops under the cover of artillery fire, suddenly attacked the Soviet frontier patrol and pushed it back from the Zaozernaya Hill. 1938 August 6, “The Tinder-Box Changkufeng”, in The China Weekly Review, volume 85, number 10, →OCLC, page 310, column 1:

Forms

Synonyms

Changkufeng · Zhanggufeng (from Mandarin Chinese)

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