Sakhalin Oblast

Sakhalin Oblast (, 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 . 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

 Offeecial wabsteid o Sakhalin Oblast
Steam an the Railways o Sakhalin
 Demoskop Weekly


Category:States an territories established in 1947