Sakhalin Oblast (Russian: Сахали́нская о́бласть, romanized: Sakhalinskaya oblast', IPA: [səxɐˈlʲinskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]) is a federal subject of Russia (an...
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Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (redirect from 17 km, Sakhalin Oblast)
səxɐˈlʲinsk] , lit. 'South Sakhalin city') is a city and the administrative center of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. It is located on Sakhalin Island in the Russian...
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Pacific, Sakhalin divides the Sea of Okhotsk to its east from the Sea of Japan to its southwest. It is administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast and is the...
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The 2024 Sakhalin Oblast gubernatorial election took place on 6–8 September 2024, on common election day. Incumbent Governor Valery Limarenko was reelected...
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administrative center of Dolinsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located in the southeast of the Sakhalin Island in the valley of the Naiba River and...
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Karafuto Prefecture (redirect from South Sakhalin)
the invasion of South Sakhalin by the Soviet Union. Karafuto Prefecture was de facto annexed to the pre-existing Sakhalin Oblast, although it continued...
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The Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin, also known as the Battle of Sakhalin (Russian: Южно-Сахалинская операция, romanized: Yuzhno-Sakhalinskaya operatsiya;...
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no official capital, and Sakhalin Oblast, which is named after a geographic location. Leningrad Oblast and Sverdlovsk Oblast retain the previous names...
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(Russian: Че́хов) is a rural locality (a selo) in Kholmsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located at the Strait of Tartary. Population: 3,389 (2010...
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formerly Vostok (Восто́к, lit. east) before 1970, is a ghost town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. The town was built in 1963. It was an urban-type oil-mining...
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Gorny (inhabited locality) (section Sakhalin Oblast)
name: Gornoye, Kurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast, a selo in Kurilsky District Gornoye, Makarovsky District, Sakhalin Oblast, a selo in Makarovsky District...
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Ainu in Russia (redirect from Sakhalin Ainu)
The Ainu in Russia are an Indigenous people of Siberia located in Sakhalin Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai and Kamchatka Krai. The Russian Ainu people (Aine;...
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administrative center of Uglegorsky District in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the west coast of Sakhalin Island, 277 kilometers (172 mi) northwest of...
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Korsakov (town) (redirect from Korsakov, Sakhalin)
Korsakovsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. It is located 42 kilometers (26 mi) south from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, at the southern end of Sakhalin Island, on the...
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The Sakhalin Oblast Duma (Russian: Сахалинская областная дума, romanized: Sakhalinskaya oblastnaya duma) is the regional parliament of Sakhalin Oblast, a...
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Missile-Artillery Brigade (Sakhalin Island, Sakhalin Oblast) 1036th Coastal Missile-Artillery Divizion (Sakhalin Island, Sakhalin Oblast) 830th Coastal Missile-Artillery...
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Kholmsk (category Cities and towns in Sakhalin Oblast)
administrative center of Kholmsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. It is located on the southwest coast of the Sakhalin Island, on coast of the gulf of Nevelsky...
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Okha, Russia (category Cities and towns in Sakhalin Oblast)
Оха́) is a town and the administrative center of Okhinsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. Population: 23,008 (2010 Census); 27,963 (2002 Census); 36...
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Armorial of Russia (section Sakhalin Oblast)
of Ryazan Oblast Coat of arms of Sakhalin Oblast Coat of arms of Samara Oblast Coat of arms of Saratov Oblast Coat of arms of Smolensk Oblast Coat of arms...
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locality (selo) in Tomarinsky District, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. A settlement on the western coast of Sakhalin Island, by the mouth of the Kusunai River...
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Kuril Islands (category Archipelagoes of Sakhalin Oblast)
"Thousand Islands")) are a volcanic archipelago administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the Russian Far East. The islands stretch approximately 1,300 km...
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The flag of Sakhalin Oblast (Russian: Флаг Сахалинской области, romanized: Flag Sahalinskoj oblasti) shows the white outline of Sakhalin Island and the...
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MSK+4 to MSK+3. On 30 March 1997, Sakhalin Oblast changed its time zone from MSK+8 to MSK+7. In May 2002, Tomsk Oblast changed its time zone from MSK+4...
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Nikolsky (inhabited locality) (redirect from Nikolskoye, Leningrad Oblast)
in Sakhalin Oblast bears this name: Nikolskoye, Sakhalin Oblast, a selo in Uglegorsky District As of 2010, three rural localities in Samara Oblast bear...
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Yuzhno-Kurilsky District (redirect from Yuzhno-Kurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast)
райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast. Municipally, it is incorporated as Yuzhno-Kurilsky...
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The Sakhalin–Hokkaido Tunnel (or potentially bridge) is a proposed connection to link the Russian island of Sakhalin with the Japanese island of Hokkaido...
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administered by the Russian Federation as part of Yuzhno-Kurilsky District of Sakhalin Oblast. It is claimed by Japan as the titular Shikotan District (色丹郡, Shikotan-gun)...
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Yuzhno-Kurilsk (category Urban-type settlements in Sakhalin Oblast)
settlement) and the administrative center of Yuzhno-Kurilsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. Population: 5,832 (2010 Census); 5,751 (2002 Census); 6,344 (1989...
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Shakhtyorsk (redirect from Toro (Sakhalin))
Tōro) is a town in Uglegorsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the western coast of the Sakhalin Island, 376 kilometers (234 mi) northwest...
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Kurilsk (category Cities and towns in Sakhalin Oblast)
Shana-mura) is a town and the administrative center of Kurilsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the island of Iturup. Population: 2,070 (2010 Census);...
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