千岛群岛 Traditional form: 千島群島 Pinyin (reading): Qiāndǎo Qúndǎo Definitions: Kuril Islands, archipelago in Sakhalin, far-eastern Russia Characters: 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very 岛 - island 群 - group, crowd; multitude, mob 岛 - island Traditional characters: 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very 島 - island 群 - group, crowd; multitude, mob 島 - island