the Arctic, 21 Aug 1918: Allied Intervention in Russia
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Political map of the Arctic & the Far North on 21 Aug 1918 (Claiming the Far North: Allied Intervention in Russia), showing the following events: October Revolution; Treaty of Brest-Litovsk; Murmansk landing; Revolt of the Czechoslovak Legion; Archangel landing; Vladivostok landing.

C a n a d a(Br. dom.)

Territory
of Alaska(US terr.)

Greenland(Den.)

N o r t h w e s t

T e r r i t o r i e s(Can. terr.)

Yukon
Territory(Can. terr.)

British
Columbia

Newfoundland(Br. dom.)

Iceland(under Den.)

Anadyr(neutral)

Kamchatka

Siberian
Regional
Duma

Northern
Region(Allied occ.)

Kuril
Islands(Jap.)

Wrangel(Sov. claim)

Aleutian
Islands(US)

Emp.
Nicholas II Land(Sov. claim)

Finland(Ger. pres.)

Spitsbergen(uninh.)

New
Siberian
Is.(Sov. claim)

Franz
Josef Land(uninh.)

Sverdrup
Is.(Norw. claim)

Jan Mayen(uninh.)

Bear(Norw. owner)

Faroe Is.(Den.)

Avg max
ice cover
Feb/Mar

Avg max
ice cover
Aug/Sep

7–8 Nov 1917October Revolution:
Bolsheviks seize
power in Russia

Mar 1918Soviet Russia
makes peace
with Germany

24 May 1918Allies land in
Murmansk

25 May 1918Outbreak of
Russian Civil War

4 Aug 1918Allies take
Archangel

15–21 Aug 1918Allies arrive in
Vladivostok

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