The Shetlands were annexed by the crown of Scotland on February 20, 1472.
Main islands are:
Nearby are Foula[?] and Fair Isle.
Famous places:
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... on Sakhalin in 1857 as a Czarist penal colony; but the southern part of the island was held by the Japanese until 1875, when they ceded it to Russia. By the Treaty ...