Damansky

Proper noun

Damansky

1. Synonym of Zhenbao: the Russian name.
   • This is how Tass described the incident:
     "At 4:10 A.M. Moscow time [10:10 A.M. Far Eastern time] on March 2, the Chinese authorities staged an armed provocation in the area of the border post of Nizhnemikhailovka (Damansky Island) on the Ussuri River. An armed Chinese unit crossed the Soviet state...1969 March 3, Henry Kamm, “Soviet and Chinese Clash on Border; Two Sides File Protests Charging Violations of River Frontier Soviet and China Forces Clash On River Border in Far East”, in The New...
   • The Chinese call it Chen Pao (Treasure). The Russians call it Damansky. Both claim the 6,200 square-yard, uninhabited island, located in the midst of the frozen Ussuri River that forms the common border of Russia and China.1971, Norman Barrymaine, The Time Bomb: A Veteran Journalist Assesses Today's China from the Inside, New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 189

   Synonyms:

   Zhenbao