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Henry Ransom

Henry Ransom
Henry B. Ransom (February 25, 1911 – December 21, 1987) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1940s and 1950s.
Ransom was born in Houston, Texas. He turned professional in 1933. He won five PGA Tour events during his career, and was a member of the 1951 Ryder Cup team. His best finishes in the major championships were a T-5 at the 1950 U.S. Open and at the 1953 and 1956 PGA Championships (lost in quarter-finals of match play).
At a tournament in Texas in 1948, Ransom was involved in a fist-fight with one of his playing partners, the diminutive, short-tempered Australian Norman Von Nida that resulted in police having to pull them apart.
Ransom was forced off the tour in the late 1950s because of an allergy to grass. After retiring as a tour player, he coached the Texas A&M University golf team from 1959 to 1973, winning six Southwest Conference titles. He was also a golf course architect; his designs included Idylwild Golf Club in Sour Lake, Texas.
Professional wins
PGA Tour wins (5)
1946 St. Paul Open
1949 Wilmington Open
1950 World Championship of Golf
1951 Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (with Roberto De Vicenzo)
1955 Rubber City Open
Other wins
this list may be incomplete
1945 Long Island Open
1948 Illinois PGA Championship
Results in major championships
Note: Ransom never played in The Open Championship.
NT = no tournament
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Summary
Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (1941 U.S. Open – 1949 PGA)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (five times)
References
American male golfers
PGA Tour golfers
Ryder Cup competitors for the United States
Golf course architects
College golf coaches in the United States
Golfers from Houston
Texas A&M Aggies men's golf coaches
1911 births
1987 deaths
كرومليتش (أنغلزي)

كرومليتش (أنغلزي)
كرومليتش هي منطقة سكنية تقع في ويلز في أنغلزي.
مراجع
قرى أنغلزي
ساعة (آلة)

ساعة (آلة)
الساعة ، وسميت في التراث الساعات (كذا لصيغة المفرد) والبنكام، هي آلة تستخدم في قياس الوقت، يوجد منها العديد من الأنواع منها الساعة الرملية والساعة الميكانيكية والساعة الشمسية والساعة الرقمية، ومن أشهر الساعات ساعة بيغ بن.و ساعة أبراج البيت في مكة المكرمة
التاريخ
قياس الزمن مر بمراحل، تنوعت فيها أشكال الساعات وأحجامها.
العصور القديمة
لدى قدماء المصريين واليونان والرومان وفي بلاد الرافدين في زمن الحضارة البابلية عرفت الساعة الشمسية قبل الميلاد.
العصور الوسطى
في سياق علم الحيل، برع العلم الإسلامي في العصور الوسطى في صنع «الساعات» (وسموها هكذا» التي تعمل بالماء والرمل والزئبق والشمع والأثقال المختلفة، والساعات الشمسية الدائرية، لغرض حساب الزمن والتقويم. ومن أنواعها «ساعة الرحلة» الشمسية النقالة، وساعات «الرخامة» الشمسية المنبِّهة التي تعلن الوقت بصوت رنان. كما صنعوا ساعة مائية تقذف على رأس كل ساعة بكرة معدنية في قدح، وتدور حول محور تظهر فيه رسوم كالنجوم، وفي منتصف الليل يمر فوقها هلال مضيء. ولعل أشهر ساعات المسلمين تلك التي أهداها هارون الرشيد لقارلة الفرنجي، وكانت نحاسية ذات رقاص. وساعة الجامع الأموي المضيئة ليلا، وساعة مرصد سر من رأى ذات الدمى.
وممن أبدعوا في الرقاص ابن يونس المصري وكمال الدين الموصلي. إلا أن هذا الادعاء رده بعض الخبراء حديثا وفي الموضوع بحث مطول.
معرض صور
العصور الحديثة
في القرن التاسع عشر صنعت الساعة الكهربائية، ثم في القرن العشرين الكوارتز، ثم الساعة الذرية التي تحسب أدق ساعة صنعت حتى الآن. وانتشرت صناعة الساعات في العالم، ومن الساعات التي تميزت بالجودة الساعات السويسرية.
مبدأ العمل
تتكون الساعة الميكانيكية من عدد من التروس الداخلية والتي تتحكم في عقارب ظاهرة هي عقرب الساعات والدقائق والثواني وبالتالي فبتحرك هذه التروس يظهر تغير الوقت على الساعة.
تتكون الساعة الرقمية من دائرة كهربائية مسبقة البرمجة على تعداد الوقت تلقائياً وإظهاره على شاشة رقمية.
تعتمد فكرة عمل الساعة الرملية على وجود اختناق بين تجويفين من الزجاج يسمح بمرور الرمل بمعدل سريان بسيط جداً، وعن هذا فإن الوقت سيعبر عنه من خلال نزول الرمل خلال التجويف. من الجدير ذكر قصة العالم الشاب الأعرابي أدهم والذي أسهم في تطوير الساعة وهو أصلًا صاحب هذه الفكرة.
انظر أيضًا
منبه (ساعة)
ساعة يد
تاريخ آلات قياس الوقت
المراجع
وصلات خارجية
أنظمة قياس الوقت
ساعات
ساعة
هيتوشي يازاكي

هيتوشي يازاكي ، ولد في 20 نوفمبر 1956 في ياماناشي، اليابان) هو مخرج وكاتب ياباني. يعد من أقل المخرجين شهرة في العالم واليابان وأكثر أعماله شهرة فيلم كعك الفراولة . أخرج حوالي إحدى عشر فيلماً.
وصلات خارجية
هيتوشي يازاكي على قاعدة بيانات الأفلام على الإنترنت
مراجع
Zé Maria (footballer, born 1931)

Zé Maria (footballer, born 1931)
José Maria de Carvalho Sales (born 3 December 1931), known as Zé Maria, is a Brazilian footballer. He played in three matches for the Brazil national football team in 1959. He was also part of Brazil's squad for the 1959 South American Championship that took place in Ecuador.
References
External links
1931 births
Living people
Brazilian men's footballers
Brazil men's international footballers
Men's association football players not categorized by position
Yuriy Tkachenko

Yuriy Tkachenko
Yuriy Olegovich Tkachenko (born 12 November 1972, Bolhrad, Odesa Oblast) - Ukrainian economist, businesspeople who was from 15 March 2014 until 20 November 2018 the head of the Cherkassy Oblast State Administration.
Awards
Orders of Merit, III class.
References
External links
Yuriy Tkachenko at the Official Ukraine Today portal
1972 births
Living people
Governors of Cherkasy Oblast
Ukrainian businesspeople
Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
لين كوهن

لين كوهن هي ممثلة أمريكية، ولدت في 10 أغسطس 1933 في الولايات المتحدة. بدأت مشوارها المهني سنة 1965.
أعمال
أفلام
(1993) لغز جريمة قتل مانهاتن
(2003) عامل المحطة
(2005) ميونخ
(2006) الذي لا يقهر
(2007) عبر الكون
(2008) سينكدوكي
(2010) الجنس والمدينة 2
(2014) الإسكافي
مسلسلات
الجنس والمدينة
مراجع
وصلات خارجية
ممثلات أفلام أمريكيات
ممثلات أمريكيات في القرن 20
ممثلات أمريكيات في القرن 21
ممثلات تلفزيون أمريكيات
ممثلات مسرح أمريكيات
ممثلات من كانساس سيتي (ميزوري)
ممثلات يهوديات أمريكيات
مواليد 1933
وفيات بعمر 86
يهود أمريكيون في القرن 21
Alejandro Mejía

Alejandro Mejía (born March 10, 1993) is a Dominican professional baseball first baseman and third baseman for the Bravos de León of the Mexican League. He previously played for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Career
St. Louis Cardinals
On May 28, 2011, Mejía signed with the St. Louis Cardinals organization as an international free agent. He spent the 2011 and 2012 seasons with the DSL Cardinals, slashing .172 in 2011 and .217 in 2012 before being released.
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
After spending three years out of baseball, Mejía signed with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball. On July 20, 2017, the Carp signed Mejía to a six-year contract. He appeared in 9 games in 2017, notching 3 hits in 14 at-bats. In 2018, he played in 22 games, slashing .268/.318/.537 with 3 home runs and 7 RBI. In 2019, he posted a batting line of .259/.306/.426 with 7 home runs and 17 RBI in 56 games. Mejía hit .188/.235/.288 with 2 home runs and 4 RBI in 37 games for the Carp in 2020. He became a free agent following the 2021 season.
Pericos de Puebla
On March 18, 2022, Mejía signed with the Pericos de Puebla of the Mexican League. In 71 games, he batted .338/.391/.646 with 22 home runs and 71 RBIs. He returned in 2023, and slashed .309/.367/.491 through 15 games prior to his release on May 9, 2023.
Bravos de León
On May 13, 2023, Mejía signed with the Bravos de León of the Mexican League.
References
External links
NPB player page
1993 births
Living people
Bravos de León players
Dominican Summer League Cardinals players
Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Japan
Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Mexico
Dominican Republic national baseball team players
Hiroshima Toyo Carp players
Nippon Professional Baseball first basemen
Nippon Professional Baseball third basemen
Pericos de Puebla players
Baseball players from Santo Domingo
Toros del Este players
2019 WBSC Premier12 players
هاري برينز

هاري برينز (ولد في 6 أغسطس 1965 في فيينا) هو ممثل نمساوي.
الحياة والمهنة
بعد تخرجه من المدرسة الثانوية، بدأ هاري برينز في دراسة التاريخ وعلم الأحياء وعلم النفس في فيينا. أكمل بنجاح تدريبًا على التمثيل في معهد فيينا فرانز شوبرت للموسيقى من عام 1988 إلى عام 1991.
ظهر هاري برينز بانتظام في الإنتاج السينمائي والتلفزيوني باللغة الألمانية والعالمية منذ عام 1997. لدوره الداعم مثل كورت راب في فيلم أوسكار رويلر الروائي الطويل Enfant Terrible، حصل على ترشيح لجائزة الفيلم الألماني في عام 2021.
الأدوار المسرحية
ريتشارد جلوستر في ريتشارد الثالث. بقلم ويليام شكسبير، مسرح مسرح المدينة سانت غالن
قرية في قرية لوليام شكسبير، مسرح مجموعة 80، فيينا
يانغ صن في فيلم The Good Man of Sezuan للمؤلف بيرتولت بريخت
دورانتي في فيلم The Citizen باعتباره نبيلاً في موليير
وصلات خارجية
الموقع من قبل هاري برينز
الملف الشخصي للوكالة بإدارة دانييلا ستيبيتز
المراجع
ممثلو مسرح
ممثلو وممثلات أفلام
مواليد 1965
نمساويون
Wincent Weiss

Wincent Weiss (born 21 January 1993) is a German singer, and was first known for taking part in in 2013.
Career
2013–2017: Irgendwas gegen die Stille
In 2013, Weiss participated in the tenth season of the German talent show Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German adaptation of the Idol franchise. After a successful audition, he became one of the top 29 contestants but failed to make it to the live shows. In 2015, German DJ duo Gestört aber GeiL and Koby Funk produced a remix of his rendition of "Unter meiner Haut", an acoustic cover of Elif Demirezer's same-titled song which Weiss had previously uploaded on YouTube. The song peaked as number six on the German Singles Chart and earned a platinum certification by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI).
Before he received his first record deal, he was a waiter and a model. He has been represented by Tune Models in Cologne. During the fashion week for the spring/summer 2016 season, he walked as an exclusive for Versace menswear.
Weiss's first solo single "Regenbogen" was released the same year but failed to chart. In 2016, he released the single "Musik sein", which was a success in the German-speaking part of Europe, becoming a top ten hit in Austria and Switzerland. Follow-up "Feuerwerk", released in 2017, entered the top thirty in Germany and Switzerland and preceded his first studio album Irgendwas gegen die Stille, released in April 2017. A commercial success, it peaked at number three in Germany and at number four in Switzerland, eventually going platinum in both countries. A reissue of the album was released later that year. In May 2017, Weiss served as a member of Germany's jury at the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. In November, he was awarded the MTV Europe Music Award for Best German Act.
2018–present: Irgendwie anders
In April 2018, Weiss won the Echo Award in the National Newcomer category. He was also nominated for National Pop Artist. The same month, he released his single "An Wunder," the lead single from his second album Irgendwie anders. It reached the top 20 of the German Singles Chart and gained gold status in Germany. Also that year, Weiss voiced the titular character in a German animated fantasy family film Tabaluga, based on the media franchise of the same name created by musician Peter Maffay. Irgendwie anders was released in March 2019 and peaked at number two in Germany and Switzerland. As with "An Wunder," it was certified gold by the BVMI and produced five further singles, including "Hier mit dir." The same year, Weiss participated in the sixth season of the German reality television show Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert, the German adaptation of The Best Singers franchise. In 2020, Weiss released the previously unreleased single "Sag so," a collaboration with Achtabahn.
Discography
Albums
Singles
As featured artist
Promotional singles
Other charted songs
Awards and nominations
Results
Notes
References
1993 births
21st-century German male singers
German male models
German pop singers
Living people
Musicians from Schleswig-Holstein
People from Bad Oldesloe
People from Eutin
Mangrove cuckoo

Mangrove cuckoo
The mangrove cuckoo (Coccyzus minor) is a species of cuckoo that is native to the Neotropics.
Taxonomy
The mangrove cuckoo was formally described in 1788 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with all the other cuckoos in the genus Cuculus and coined the binomial name Cuculus minor. Gmelin based his description on "Le petit vieillard" or "Coucou des palétuviers" from Cayenne that had been described and illustrated in 1779 by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. The mangrove cuckoo is now placed with 12 other species in the genus Coccyzus that was introduced in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek kokkuzō meaning "to cry cuckoo". The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
Description
Adults have a long tail, brown above and black-and-white below, and a black curved bill with yellow on the lower mandible. The head and upper parts are brown. There is a yellow ring around the eye. This bird is best distinguished by its black facial mask and buffy underparts. Although the scientific name is minor (meaning "small"), this species is on average the largest of North America's three Coccyzus cuckoos. Adults measure in length, weigh and span across the wings. The most common call is a guttural "gawk gawk gawk gawk gauk gauk". It will also call a single "whit".
Distribution and habitat
The mangrove cuckoo is a resident of southern Florida in the United States, the Caribbean, both coasts of Mexico and Central America, and the Atlantic coast of South America as far south as the mouth of the Amazon River. It is found primarily in mangrove swamps and hammocks. The mangrove cuckoo is generally fairly common in its specialized range. This bird could be threatened by human development of mangrove habitat.
Behaviour and ecology
Breeding
It nests above water in a mangrove tree or above ground in a fork of a tree. The clutch is usually two eggs. These are white and measure . Both parents bring food to the chicks.
Food and feeding
It prefers caterpillars and grasshoppers, but will also take other insects, insect larvae, spiders, snails, small lizards, bird eggs, nestlings of small birds, and fruit.
References
"National Geographic" Field Guide to the Birds of North America
"National Audubon Society" The Sibley Guide to Birds, by David Allen Sibley,
External links
UFL.edu: Bird sounds of the Mangrove Cuckoo
Coccyzus
Birds of the Caribbean
Birds of Central America
Mangrove fauna
Birds of the Bahamas
Birds of the Guianas
Birds of Mexico
Birds of Puerto Rico
Birds of the Dominican Republic
Birds of Haiti
Native birds of the Southeastern United States
Birds described in 1788
Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin
الملعب البلدي بالقصرين

الملعب البلدي بالقصرين هو ملعب كرة قدم يقع في مدينة القصرين بالجمهورية التونسية، يحتوي على ثمانية آلاف مقعد.
ويستخدم هذا الملعب من طرف المستقبل الرياضي بالقصرين الذي ينشط في الرابطة التونسية الثالثة لكرة القدم.
مكونات الملعب
يحتوي هذا الملعب على
غرف تبدبل الملابس
المنصة الشرفية
غرفة البث الإذاعي والتلفزي
موقع الملعب
يقع الملعب البلدي بالقصرين شمال مدينة القصرين قرب محول الطريق فريانة فوسانة قرب المستشفى الجهوي بالقصرين
المراجع
ملاعب رياضية في تونس
ملاعب كرة قدم في تونس
ملاعب متعددة الاستخدام في تونس
ولاية القصرين
Georges Stern

Georges Stern (1882 – October 28, 1928), nicknamed "The King of the Derbies"and "King of the Jockeys", was a French jockey. He rode in both England and France.
Stern, who was Jewish, was born in France to British parents, who were naturalized in France.
In 1904, he won the Grand Prix, the French Derby (riding Ajax), the French Oaks (Profane), the Austrian Derby (Con Amore), the German Derby (Con Amore), and the Baden Baden Prix (Caius).
In 1908 he won the French Derby, the Austrian Derby, and the German Derby, and finished second in the Belgian Derby.
In 1898, at 17 years of age, in Colombes Stern won his first race riding Finlas, a horse owned and trained by his father. In 1900, he won the debut Grand Prix de Deauville, riding Amedee. That year, with 91 wins he ranked as the best jockey in the world. He won the Deauville again in 1901 (riding Jacobite), 1902 (Maximum), and 1909 (Biniou).
He won the 1911 Epsom Derby (riding Sunstar). He was a six-time winner of the Prix du Jockey Club’s French Derby—in 1901 (Saxon), 1904 (Ajax), 1908 (Quintette), 1913 (Dagor), 1914 (Sardanapale), and 1922 (Ramus). He won the Grand Prix de Paris in 1904 (Ajax), 1913 (Bruleur), 1914 (Sardanapale), and 1922 (Ramus).
He retired in 1926. In his career, he had over 1,000 victories. He died at the age of 48, in November 1928 in France.
In 1993, he was elected a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
References
French jockeys
1882 births
1928 deaths
19th-century French Jews
Jewish sportspeople
كارل كلاوسون إبلنغ

كارل كلاوسون إبلنغ (1894-1968) هو عالم نبات أمريكي.
طالع أيضاً
قائمة علماء النبات
مراجع
أساتذة جامعة كاليفورنيا في لوس أنجلوس
خريجو جامعة كاليفورنيا (بركلي)
خريجو جامعة واشنطن في سانت لويس
علماء تصنيف أمريكيون
علماء من كاليفورنيا
إبلنغ كارل كلاوسون
علماء نبات ذوو مختصرات اسمية
علماء نباتات أمريكيون في القرن 20
علماء وراثة أمريكيون
كتاب علم النبات أمريكيون
كتاب غير روائيين أمريكيون في القرن 20
كتاب من لوس أنجلوس
مواليد 1894
نباتات وصفها كارل كلاوسون إبلنغ
وفيات 1968
وفيات في سانتا مونيكا (كاليفورنيا)
أعضاء هيئة تدريس جامعة ولاية أوريغن
ديفيد مارتن (لاعب كرة قدم أمريكية)

ديفيد مارتن (لاعب كرة قدم أمريكية)
ديفيد مارتن هو لاعب كرة قدم أمريكية أمريكي، ولد في 13 مارس 1979 في فورت كامبل في الولايات المتحدة.
مراجع
وصلات خارجية
أشخاص من مقاطعة كرستشيان (كنتاكي)
لاعبو بفالو بيلز
لاعبو تينيسي فولنتيرز فوتبول
لاعبو غرين باي باكرز
لاعبو كرة قدم أمريكية من كنتاكي
لاعبو ميامي دولفينز
مستقبلون واسعون كرة قدم أمريكية
مواليد 1979
نهايات ضيقة كرة القدم الأمريكية
أجنيس سافاي

أجنيس سافاي مواليد 29 ديسمبر 1988 في المجر، هي لاعبة كرة مضرب مجرية سابقة بدأت مسيرتها كمحترفة سنة 2004 وكانت تلعب باليد اليمنى، اعتزلت اللعب في 6 فبراير 2013. كما أنها إحدى بطلات الجراند سلام. أعلى تصنيف لها في الفردي كان المركز الـ 13 في سنة 2008. أعلى تصنيف لها في الزوجي كان المركز الـ 22 في سنة 2007. سبق أن شاركت في دورة الألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية. فازت بجائزة أفضل قادمة جديدة من قبل رابطة محترفات التنس.
الخط الزمني للفردي
الخط الزمني للزوجي
مراجع
وصلات خارجية
Homepage
رابطة محترفات التنس profile for Agnes Szavay
Wimbledon 2007, Top Seed Szávay Qualifies
Szavay beats Hantuchova in New Haven
Szavay statistics
أشخاص على قيد الحياة
لاعبات كرة مضرب مجريات
لاعبو كرة مضرب أولمبيون من المجر
لاعبو كرة مضرب شاركوا في دورة الألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية لعام 2008
لاعبو كرة مضرب شاركوا في دورة الألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية لعام 2012
مواليد 1988
رياضيون من مقاطعة باتش-كيشكون
Diego Suárez (footballer, born 1992)

Diego Suárez (footballer, born 1992)
Diego Orlando Suárez Saucedo (born October 7, 1992 in Santa Ana del Yacuma, Beni) is a Bolivian professional football player who currently plays for Club San José.
Career
Although Suárez did not make his debut in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano with Blooming, he became the youngest footballer to play in the Copa Libertadores when he came on as a substitute for his club against Brazilian side Santos. In late March 2007, the Bolivian media claimed that Diego was about to be given a trial by famous English football club, Chelsea. These rumors were quashed that any contact was made by Chelsea giving him a trial. The young Bolivian did make his way to Europe and in late November was signed by Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv.
Suárez signed with Club San José for the 2019 season.
International career
During January 2009, Suárez played in the South American Youth Championship for the Bolivian U-20 team, later in the year, he joined the Bolivian U-17 squad in Chile for the FIFA U-17 World Cup qualifiers.
References
External links
1992 births
Living people
People from Yacuma Province
Bolivian men's footballers
Bolivian expatriate men's footballers
Club Blooming players
FC Dynamo Kyiv players
Men's association football midfielders
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Gowdin

Gowdin (also Romanized as Gowdīn and Gāvdīn) is a city in the Central District of Kangavar County, Kermanshah province, Iran.
At the 2006 census, its population was 3,200 in 867 households, when it was a village in Gowdin Rural District. The following census in 2011 counted 3,068 people in 921 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 2,629 people in 835 households, by which time the village had been elevated to the status of a city.
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Kangavar County
Cities in Kermanshah Province
Populated places in Kermanshah Province
Populated places in Kangavar County
وادي بن علي (الشغادرة)

وادي بن علي (الشغادرة)
وادي بن علي هي إحدى قرى عزلة قلعة حميد بمديرية الشغادرة التابعة لمحافظة حجة، بلغ تعداد سكانها 165 نسمة حسب تعداد اليمن لعام 2004.
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المركز الوطني للمعلومات باليمن
وادى بن على
Kholmsk

Kholmsk, known until 1946 as Maoka, is a port town and the 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 in the Strait of Tartary of the Sea of Japan, west of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Population:
History
It was founded in 1870 as a military post. After the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, it was transferred to Japanese control, along with the rest of southern Sakhalin, under the Treaty of Portsmouth. The Japanese renamed it Maoka, it is said to mean "quiet place" in Ainu language.
On August 20, 1945, a combined marine battalion and the 113th infantry brigade landed in Port Maoka. They were preceded by a group of scouts, landed secretively by submarine Sh-118, in the Maoka area to successfully complete their task. However, Japanese resistance was desperate, and the landing party had to fight particularly fiercely. Japanese fire set one of the coastguard vessels on fire, to which the Russian response was intense naval bombardment of the town, causing more civilian deaths. See Soviet assault on Maoka for details.
The Red Army retook the whole of Sakhalin at the end of World War II, with the town receiving its present name in 1946. The name is derived from the Russian word Kholm for hill, referring to the town's location on the hillside surrounding the harbor.
As with a number of urban areas in the Russian Far East, Kholmsk has seen a large drop in population since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the economic crisis which followed in the 1990s.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kholmsk serves as the administrative center of Kholmsky District and is subordinated to it. As a municipal division, the town of Kholmsk and twenty-three rural localities of Kholmsky District are incorporated as Kholmsky Urban Okrug.
Economy and transport
Kholmsk is an important seaport for Sakhalin Island. Since 1973, it has been the Sakhalin terminal of a Vanino-Kholmsk train ferry to the port of Vanino on the Russian mainland, connecting the mainline rail network with that of the island.
Since Sakhalin railways use the Japanese gauge of , the railcars coming from the Russian mainland have their bogies changed in Kholmsk.
It's the largest transport center on Sakhalin, which includes a non-freezing seaport with 2 terminals, 3 railway stations and a knot of highways. Kholmsk is connected with Vanino port by the Kholmsk—Vanino sea railway passenger-and-freight ferry. From the town, the federal highway R495 Kholmsk—Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk begins. Kholmsk is a large economic, industrial and cultural center of the Sakhalin Oblast, a center of sea fishery and ship repair.
Twin towns and sister cities
Kholmsk is twinned with:
Ansan, South Korea
Otaru, Japan
Kushiro, Japan (since 1975)
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External links
Official website of Kholmsk
Kholmsk Business Directory
Cities and towns in Sakhalin Oblast