«Tour of the USSR» Shumshu island. Kuril airborne operation in 1945

Shumshu is one of the islands of the northern group of the Kuril Islands. It is separated from Kamchatka (Cape Lopatka) by the First Kuril Strait, and from the Paramushir Island by the Second Kuril Strait. Administratively, the island is part of the Severo-Kurilskiy urban district of the Sakhalin region.

Helicopter tour to Shumshu Island: 1 days

Excursion program:

• Visit to the sea lion rookery;
• Grave grave of Soviet paratroopers, the graves of Pyotr Ivanovich Ilyichev and Nikolai Alexandrovich Vilkov; inspection of military installations: pillboxes, bunkers, trenches, anti-tank ditches, storage rooms left by the Japanese, Japanese tanks "Chi-ha","Ha-go", aircraft, Japanese type 96 cannon, shells, ammunition, aviation bombs; (place of combat operations). * Climbing to the defensive line of the 165th and 171st heights; mass grave of Soviet paratroopers, graves of Pyotr Ivanovich Ilyichev and Nikolai Alexandrovich Vilkov; inspection of military installations: pillboxes, bunkers, trenches, anti-tank ditches, storage rooms left by the Japanese, Japanese tanks "Chi-ha", "Ha-go", aircraft, Japanese cannon type 96, shells, cartridges, aviation bombs; (place of combat operations);
• Flight to the Pochtarev cannon battery.

Author's tour "Tour of the USSR" on Shumshu island: 4-6 days

The tour includes:

• Grave grave of Soviet paratroopers, graves of Pyotr Ivanovich Ilyichev and Nikolai Alexandrovich Vilkov; inspection of military installations: pillboxes, bunkers, trenches, anti-tank ditches, storage rooms left by the Japanese; remains of Japanese tanks "Chi-ha","Ha-go"; aircraft, former Japanese type 96 cannon, shells, cartridges, aviation bombs (the place of military operations). • Climbing to the defensive line of the 165th and 171st heights; mass grave of Soviet paratroopers, graves of Pyotr Ivanovich Ilyichev and Nikolai Alexandrovich Vilkov; inspection of military structures: pillboxes, bunkers, trenches, anti-tank ditches, storage rooms left by the Japanese; remains of Japanese tanks "Chi-ha", "Ha-go"; aircraft, former Japanese type 96 cannon, shells, cartridges, aviation bombs (the place of military operations);
• Visit to the Platinum hydroaerodrome of Lake Bittobu, fishing on the lake;
• Kuzminovsky airfield (Miyosino-the place of surrender of the Japanese garrison);
• Japanese airfield Baykovo (former Japanese naval base Kataoka); former Japanese airfield, monument to the Japanese in honor of the pioneers who set foot on the Kuril Archipelago and began their development, the legacy of the Japanese presence, monument to the commander of the Japanese first settlers Guji Sagetada, mass grave of the companions of Gunji.
• Visit to the sea lion rookery;
• Sea and river fishing on the island of Atlasova vlk. Allaid, O. Paramushir, O. Shumshu;
• Helicopter tour to the island of Onekotan-sightseeing tour of the vlk caldera.Krenitsina;Lake Chernoe, vlk.Nemo-fishing for an endemic species of trout.

*Route adjustments are possible

Excursion with visiting monuments:

Monuments:

• Ilyichev Peter Ivanovich and Vilkov Nikolay;
• Mass grave memorial of Soviet paratroopers;
• The legacy of the Japanese presence.

Paramushir Island

One of the northernmost Kuril Islands in the Sakhalin Region. There are five active and more than ten extinct volcanoes on its territory. In addition, here you can admire the beauty of 46 waterfalls.

Excursion program:

• Visit to the Japanesse aerodrome;
• Inspection of military installations: pillboxes, hangars, bunkers, trenches, shells, ditches, trenches;
• Ascent to the Ebeko volcano - the most active of the active volcanoes;
• Descent to the Verkhneyuryevsky hot springs;
• Monument to the Kuril landing.

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