Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

**Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk** (, literally "South Sakhalin City") is a city on Sakhalin island. It is also the administrative center of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. It is in the Far East part of Russia. It is north of Japan. Gas and oil extraction and processing are the main industries of the island. It was named **Vladimirovka** () from 1882 to 1905, then  when Imperial Japan controlled it from 1905 to 1946. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 181,728.

## History

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk started as a small Russian settlement called **Vladimirovka.** It was founded by convicts in 1882. In the Treaty of Portsmouth in 1905, the southern part of Sakhalin was given to Japan. This treaty ended the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905. Because Vladimirovka was in southern Sakhalin, it was given to Japan. Vladimirovka was renamed **Toyohara** (meaning "bountiful plain" in Japanese).

During the Soviet–Japanese War within World War II, the city was taken by Soviet soldiers. After the war, it was given to the Soviet Union. It was renamed Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and given town status in 1946.

### Population

|style="background:#efefef;"|Year|style="background:#efefef;"|Population|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1959|style="text-align:right;"|85,510||
|1970|style="text-align:right;"|105,840||
|1979|style="text-align:right;"|139,861||
|1989|style="text-align:right;"|159,299||
|2002|style="text-align:right;"|175,085||
|2010|style="text-align:right;"|181,728||
Most citizens are ethnic Russians, but there is also many Korean Russians. There are also smaller numbers of indigenous minorities, such as Ainu, Nivkhs and Oroks.

## Geography

The city is on the Susuya River. It is the largest city on Sakhalin. It is the only one with more than 100,000 inhabitants on the island.

## Twin towns and sister cities

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is twinned with:

- Asahikawa, Japan
- Hakodate, Japan
- Wakkanai, Japan
- Yanji, China
- Ansan, South Korea

## Other websites

- Official website of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: City's History in Architecture
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Blizzard Photos

## Infobox (russian inhabited locality)

- **en name**: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
- **ru name**: Южно-Сахалинск
- **image skyline**: Южно Сахалинск коллаж.jpg
- **image caption**: **Top**: Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ, Gorny Vozduh Resort Cablecar, **Center**: Sakhalin Regional Museum, **Bottom**: Yuzhino-Sakhalinsk Gagarin Park, Anton Chekhov Museum and monument (all of item from left to right)
- **image flag**: Flag of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Sakhalin oblast).svg
- **image coa**: Coat of Arms of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.svg
- **federal subject**: Sakhalin Oblast
- **adm inhabloc jur**: city of federal subject significance, city of oblast significance of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
- **adm ctr of1**: Sakhalin Oblast
- **adm ctr of2**: city of oblast significance of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
- **inhabloc cat**: City
- **urban okrug jur**: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Urban Okrug
- **mun admctr of1**: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Urban Okrug
- **leader title**: Head
- **leader name**: Sergey Nadsadin
- **area km2**: 164.7
- **pop 2010census**: 181728
- **pop 2010census rank**: 99th
- **established date**: 1882
- **current cat date**: 1905
- **postal codes**: 693000
- **dialing codes**: 4242; +7 424
- **website**: http://www.yuzhno-sakh.ru
- **date**: July 2019