 Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Zvitsuwa zveKurili inzvimbo yezvitsuwa inotambanuka kubva kuchitsuwa cheJapan cheHokkaido kusvika kuRussia Kamchatka Peninsula. Kurils uye chitsuwa chiri pedyo cheSakhalin vakachinja ruoko kanoverengeka kubva muna 1855 Chibvumirano cheShimoda chekutanga chakatsanangura muganho pakati peHumambo hweRussia neHumambo hweJapan; pasi pechibvumirano ichi, muganho muKurils wakaratidzwa semutsara pakati peEtorofu neUrup. Zvimwe zvitsuwa zveKuril zvakava pasi pokutonga kweJapan pashure peChibvumirano che1875 cheSaint Petersburg uye kuguma kweHondo yeRussia neJapan muna 1905. Zvaizoramba zviri pasi pevaJapan kusvikira pakapera Hondo Yenyika II, apo Soviet Union yakabatanidza zvitsuwa zvacho somugumisiro webasa remautoiyo yakaitika mukati uye pashure pokuzviisa pasi kweJapan. Iyi nharaunda yakawira kuRussia pakuparara kweSoviet Union. 