the Arctic, 31 Oct 1921: Wrangel Island Fiasco
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Political map of the Arctic & the Far North on 31 Oct 1921 (Claiming the Far North: Wrangel Island Fiasco), showing the following events: Occupation of northern Sakhalin; Restoration of Kamchatka; Norwegian station on Jan Mayen; Okhotsk coast and eastern Yakutia revolt, reinforced by White general Bochkaryov; Yakut revolt breaks out; Wrangel Island fiasco.

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Jul 1920Japan occupies
North Sakhalin

Dec 1920Far Eastern Rep.
cedes Kamchatka
to Soviet Russia

1921Norway opens
weather station
on Jan Mayen

Mar 1921Okhotsk coast
revolts under
Bochkaryov

Aug 1921Yakutia revolts

16 Sep 1921–19 Aug 1923Wrangel Island
claimed for Canada

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