Sakhalin Oblast

Sakhalin Oblast (Roushie: Сахали́нская о́бласть, Sakhalinskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast) comprisin the island o Sakhalin an the Kuril Islands. The oblast haes an aurie o 87,100 square kilometer (33,600 sq mi). Its administrative center an the lairgest ceety is Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Population: 497,973 (2010 Census). Besides fowk frae ither pairts o the umwhile Soviet Union, the oblast is hame tae Nivkhs an Ainu, wi the latter haein lost thair leid in Sakhalin recently. Some territories o Sakhalin Oblast (fower islands, the soothren anes o the Kuril airchipelago) are claimit bi Japan. Sister relations Hokkaido, Japan References Freemit airtins Media relatit tae Sakhalin Oblast at Wikimedia Commons (in Roushie) Offeecial wabsteid o Sakhalin Oblast Steam an the Railways o Sakhalin (in Roushie) Demoskop Weekly