Zemlyak

Zemlyak (Russian: земляк, "fellow countryman")[1] is a Russian political movement which emerged in 1992,[2] founded by Mikhail Lukyanov,[3] advocating for Russia to return the Kuril Islands to Japan as it would benefit the islanders economically.[4]

References
  1. Bogdan Szajkowski (1 January 1993). Encyclopaedia of Conflicts, Disputes, and Flashpoints in Eastern Europe, Russia, and the Successor States. Longman Current Affairs. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-582-21002-8.
  2. Bogdan Szajkowski (1 January 1993). Encyclopaedia of Conflicts, Disputes, and Flashpoints in Eastern Europe, Russia, and the Successor States. Longman Current Affairs. p. 250. ISBN 978-0-582-21002-8.
  3. William F. Nimmo (1994). Japan and Russia: A Re-Evaluation in the Post-Soviet Era. Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-313-28440-3.
  4. McCarthy, Terry (2 July 1992). "Islanders tempted by a place under the sun". The Independent. Retrieved 6 January 2016.

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