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Soviet Border Troops

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Armed clash on Zhenbao Island intensifies Sino-Soviet split

📅 2 March 1969

Chinese and Soviet forces fought on the Ussuri River island known in China as Zhenbao and in the Soviet Union as Damansky. The border confrontation exposed the fragility of socialist...