The Sino-Soviet border conflict of 1969 refers to a series of armed border clashes between the Soviet Union and People's Republic of China at the height of the Sino-Soviet split. The most serious of these border clashes occurred in March 1969 in the vicinity of Zhenbao Island (珍宝岛) on Ussuri River, also known as Damanskii Island (Остров Даманский) in Russian. Following...
Start date:
- 1969
End date:
- 1969