Soviet-Japanese armed conflict in the area of lake Hassan 1938

This article describes one of the largest clashes between the Japanese empire and the USSR, namely, battles in the area of lake Hassan in 1938. Having occupied the northeast of China in 1931 - 1932 the Japanese were able to concentrate the Kwantung Army in Manchuri. Thus, a hotbed of tension was created near the borders of the USSR, which in turn led to an increase in confrontation between Moscow and Tokyo in the 1930s.