Are all the residents of Russia's South Kuril Islands Russian? Are there any Japanese?

The South Kuril Islands have neither belonged to Russia nor Japan since ancient times. ?

It was not until the 1960s that Russians settled there.

The Japanese officially immigrated to the South Kuril Islands after 1896.

In ancient times, it was the hometown of ethnic minorities (Ainu people) in northern Japan.

Ainu people have been the aborigines of Hokkaido, South Kuril Islands and South Jiuye Island since ancient times, and have lived there for at least 50,000 years.

Like Ryukyu, the Ainu people in ancient times always surrendered to Japan and China and became vassals.

At the end of 19, Ainu people followed the example of Europe and America and carried out reforms, merging seven tribes to form "Xiayi * * * and Guo".

Unfortunately, it was later annexed by Japan.

Nowadays, Ainu people are the legal minority in Japan, and it is completely a rumor to say that Japan is a single nation.