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Word: gavan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1983-1983
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...half of Sakhalin bristles with at least six Soviet airfields and is merely 27 miles across the Strait of Soya from Japan's Hokkaido Island. The strait is a choke point for Soviet naval vessels moving from the Sea of Japan into the North Pacific. Vladivostok and Sovetskaya-Gavan are the main bases for the 820 ships of the Soviet Pacific fleet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Atrocity In the Skies: KAL Flight 007 Shot Down by the Soviets | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

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