Invasion of the Kuril Islands
{'<entity_0>': 'Invasion of the Kuril Islands', '<entity_1>': 'Kuril Islands', '<entity_2>': '01 September 1945', '<entity_3>': '18 August 1945', '<entity_4>': 'Empire of Japan'}
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The <entity_0> (Russian: Курильская десантная операция "<entity_1> Landing Operation") was the World War II Soviet military operation to capture the <entity_1> from <entity_4> in 1945. The operation took place between <entity_3> and <entity_2>. On <entity_2>, elements of the 87th Rifle Corps were landed by torpedo boats, mine trawlers and transports (departing from Otomari) on Kunashir and Shikotan in the southern <entity_1>. The islands remained part of Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, however their true legal status remains in question as part of the <entity_1> dispute between Russia, <entity_4>, and other parties.
['conflict']