No man's land was originally the area of land between the trenches of the opposing sides in World War I and other wars of that period which involved trench warfare. It was so called because the land belonged to neither side; it was in a kind of limbo between the opposing armies. No man's land was a very dangerous area because it usually provides none of the cover that trenches are designed to. However, soldiers were forced to venture into it when advancing, and stretcher bearers[?] would need to traverse it if they were to bring in the wounded.
... today, 83% from whom are Russians. The largest settlement on the island is Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk[?] (pop. 171,000). A little coal is mined and some rye, wheat, oats, ...