Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 95. Chapters: Anti-Comintern Pact, Battles of Khalkhin Gol, Battle of Lake Khasan, Cyrillization of Japanese, Dersu Uzala (1975 film), Embassy of Japan in Moscow, Evacuation of Karafuto and Kuriles, Evacuation of Manchukuo, Far Eastern Commission, Far Eastern Republic, Gongota Agreement of 1920, Habomai Islands, Halhamiao incident, Invasion of the Kuril Islands, Iturup, Japanese destroyer Hibiki, Japanese Instrument of Surrender, Japanese Orthodox Church, Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union, Japan Airlines Flight 446, Japan during the Siberian Intervention, JNR Class D51, Karafuto Prefecture, Khabarovsk War Crime Trials, Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands dispute, La Perouse Strait, List of joint Japanese-Soviet films, Medal "For the Victory over Japan," Nemuro Strait, Nikolayevsk Incident, Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army, Richard Sorge, Russian armoured cruiser Admiral Nakhimov, Russian Fascist Party, Sakhalin Koreans, Shigeki Mori, Shikotan, Soviet invasion of Manchuria, Soviet Volunteer Group, Soviet-Japanese Basic Convention, Soviet-Japanese border conflicts, Soviet-Japanese Joint Declaration of 1956, Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact, Soviet-Japanese War (1945), Soyuz TM-11, Surrender of Japan, The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin, Toshiba-Kongsberg scandal, Treaty of San Francisco, Viktor Belenko. Excerpt: The surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945, brought the hostilities of World War II to a close. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy was incapable of conducting operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent. While publicly stating their intent to fight on to the bitter end, the Empire of Japan's leaders, (the Supreme Council for the Direction of the War, also known as the "Big Six"), were privately making entreaties to the neutral Soviet Union to mediate peace...