Sakhalin Oblast
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Sakhalin Oblast is a federal subject of Russia comprising the island of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands in the Russian Far East. The oblast has an area of 87,100 square kilometers. Its administrative c
Anton Chekhov museum in Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky. It is the house where he stayed in Sakhalin during 1890.
Shakhtyorsk narrow gauge railway 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in), Central Processing Plant in Shakhtyorsk
This Japanese D51 steam locomotive stands outside present day Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Railway Station Sakhalin Island, Russia.
The building of the Sakhalin Oblast Government House, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
Kuril Islands
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The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands are a volcanic archipelago administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the Russian Far East. The islands stretch approximately 1,300 km northeast from Hokkaido in Ja
Sakhalin Oblast
…Sakhalin Oblast is a federal subject (oblast) of Russia comprising the island of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands in the Russian Far East. The oblast has an area of 87,100 square kilometers (33,600 sq mi). Its administrative center and largest city is Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk…
A coastline along one of the Kuril Islands
Caldera of the island Ushishir
Stratovolcano Mt. Ruruy as viewed from Yuzhno-Kurilsk
Kuril Ainu people next to their traditional dwelling