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Encyclopedia > Korsakov (town)

Korsakov (Russian: Корса́ков) is a town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. It is the administrative center of Korsakovsky District. Population: 36,652 (2002 Census); 46,000 (1999 est.)[citation needed]. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (424x712, 17 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Types of settlements in Russia, Soviet Union, and some other post-Soviet states have certain peculiarities with respect to the English language traditions. ... Sakhalin Oblast on the map of Russia Flag of Sakhalin Oblast Sakhalin Oblast (Russian: , Sakhalinskaya Oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Russian Census of 2002 (Russian: ) was the first census of Russian Federation carried out on October 9, 2002. ...


The town is located some 42 km south from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, at the southern end of Sakhalin Island, on the coast of the Salmon Bay in the Aniva Gulf. In Japanese, it is known as Otomari. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Ю́жно-Сахали́нск) is a city in Sakhalin, Russia, administrative center of the Sakhalin Oblast. ... Location of Sakhalin in the Western Pacific Sakhalin, GOST transliteration Sahalin, (Russian: , Korean: Traditional Chinese: 庫頁島; Simplified Chinese: 库页岛; pinyin: kùyèdÇŽo Japanese: 樺太 romaji: karafuto), also Saghalien, is a large elongated island in the North Pacific, lying between 45° 50 and 54° 24 N. It is part of the Russian... Aniva Bay (Zaliv Aniva, Aniwa Bay, or Aniva Gulf) is located at the sourthern end of Sakhalin Island, Russia, north of the island of Hokkaido, Japan. ...


There is passenger ferry service between Korsakov and Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan, across the Aniva Gulf. Wakkanai (Japanese: 稚内市; -shi, Ainu: Yam Wakka Nay) is a city located in Soya, Hokkaido. ... Hokkaidō   (北海道, literal meaning: North Sea Route, Ainu: Mosir), formerly known as Ezo and Yesso, is the second largest island and largest prefecture of Japan. ...


The town was named for Alexander Dondukov-Korsakov (1820–1893).



Coat of arms of Sakhalin Oblast Cities and towns in Sakhalin Oblast Flag of Russia
Administrative center: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky | Aniva | Dolinsk | Kholmsk | Korsakov | Kurilsk | Makarov | Nevelsk | Okha | Poronaysk | Severo-Kurilsk | Shakhtyorsk | Tomari | Uglegorsk Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (650x727, 9 KB) Coat of arms of Sakhalin Oblast from http://www. ... Sakhalin Oblast on the map of Russia Flag of Sakhalin Oblast Sakhalin Oblast (Russian: , Sakhalinskaya Oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Ю́жно-Сахали́нск) is a city in Sakhalin, Russia, administrative center of the Sakhalin Oblast. ... Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky (Russian: ) is a town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located near the Tatar Strait on the western shores of Northern Sakhalin at the foot of the Western Sakhalin Mountains. ... Aniva (Russian: ) is a coastal town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the coast of Aniva Bay in southern Sakhalin on the Lyutoga River 37 km south of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk at . ... Dolinsk is a city in Sakhalin, Russia, administrative center of the Sakhalin Oblast. ... Kholmsk is a city in Sakhalin, Russia, administrative center of the Sakhalin Oblast. ... Kurilsk (Russian: ; Japanese: 留別村, Rubetsu) is a town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, situated on the island of Iturup, at . ... Makarov (Russian: ) is a coastal town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern coast of Sakhalin 235 km north of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk at . ... Nevelsk (Russian: ) is a port town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. ... The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (桜花 cherry blossom) was a purpose-built kamikaze aircraft employed by Japan towards the end of World War II. The US gave the aircraft the Japanese name Baka (fool). It was a small flying bomb that was carried underneath a Mitsubishi G4M Betty bomber... Poronaysk (Russian: ) is a town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the Poronay River some 288 km north of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. ... Severo-Kurilsk (Japanese: Mairuppo) is the northernmost settlement in the Kuril Islands, a part of Sakhalin Oblast in Russia. ... Tomari (Russian: ) is a coastal town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the western coast of Sakhalin 167 km north-west of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk at . ... Uglegorsk (Russian: ) is a coastal port town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the western coast of Sakhalin 359 km west of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk at . ...

Coordinates: 46°38′N 142°46′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...



 

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