Meaning of Damansky | Babel Free

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Synonym of Zhenbao: the Russian name.

Examples

“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 frontier and proceeded toward Damansky Island.[…] Islands in the Ussuri River, which forms the border⟳ between Chinese Manchuria and the Soviet Union's Maritime Territory are disputed. Presumably Damansky Island, near Nizhnemikhailovka, 140 miles south of Khabarovsk, is one of the disputed islands.”

“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.”

“The suggestion implicit in the Russian version of the Damansky fighting is that the Soviet guards were killed as a result⟳ of Chinese deceit and trickery, the sort⟳ of thing one would expect⟳ of an Oriental. Moscow’s propaganda was directed mainly to Westerners and it was presented in such a way as to strike⟳ a responsive chord among those prepared to believe⟳ in stories of Asian duplicity.”

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