Chikurachki, the highest volcano on Paramushir Island in the northern Kuriles, is actually a relatively small cone constructed on a high Pleistocene volcanic edifice.

The Kurile Islands shall be handed over to the Soviet Union.

In addition “the Kurile islands shall be handed over to the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Union would be responsible for North Korea, Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands, while the United States would be responsible for Japan, South Korea, and Japan's remaining possessions in Oceania.

Location of the Kuril Islands in the Western Pacific.

2.4.1 Dispute over the composition of the Kuril islands

Russia-Japan territorial dispute over the Southern Kurils

2.3.1 Dispute over the composition of the Kuril islands

The Kurile Islands shall be handed over to the Soviet Union.

Sarychev Peak, one of the most active volcanoes of the Kuril Islands, occupies the NW end of Matua Island in the central Kuriles.

Destructive earthquake (intensity IX) on the island of Iturup (Kuriles): felt in the Kuriles, Hokkaido and northern Honshu.

Japanese government wants to get the Kuril Islands returned to Japan from Russia.

Sarychev Peak, one of the most active volcanoes of the Kuril Islands, occupies the NW end of Matua Island in the central Kuriles.

RUSSIA 2006 - Earthquake and Tsunami of 15 November 2006 in the Kuril Islands

It’s nothing on the Kurils of course (68 volcanoes in 10,500 square kilometers!), but the Kurils aren’t a whole country…