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Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Also known as Toyohara, Vladimirovka

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is the capital of Sakhalin Oblast in the Russian Far East. Founded by Russians as the village of Vladimirovka in 1882, it was rebuilt by the Japanese as Toyohara, capital of Karafuto Prefecture, from 1908. After the Soviet takeover in 1945 it was renamed Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in 1946 and is now the largest city on the island.

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Karafuto Prefecture

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/yuzhno-sakhalinsk
MLA: “Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/yuzhno-sakhalinsk. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/yuzhno-sakhalinsk.
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