Zaozernaya Hill

Proper noun

Zaozernaya Hill or the Zaozernaya Hill

1. A hill between Hunchun, Yanbian prefecture, Jilin, China and Khasansky district, Primorsky Krai, Russia.
   • "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...1938 August 6, “The Tinder-Box Changkufeng”, in The China Weekly Review, volume 85, number 10, →OCLC, page 310, column 1
   • 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...
   • 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

   Synonyms:

   Zhanggufeng, Changkufeng