First post here, so apologies if this has came up before.
Anyway, in OTL the Soviets tried to occupy Hokkaido after Japan's surrender, but Truman put a stop to it. But what if the Soviets got their wish, and occupied Hokkaido. Would they grant it independence as a puppet state, ala Korean and Germany, or would they expel the Japanese population and annex it as part of Russia? And how would this effect the Korean war, and the cold war in general?