Yuzhno-Kurilsky District — ( ru. Южно Курильский район), or South Kurile District, is a district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia.It comprises the southernmost part of the Kuril chain with the islands of Kunashir, Shikotan, and the Habomai rocks. District s population: 9 … Wikipedia
Yuzhno-Kurilsk — ( ru. Южно Курильск; Japanese: nihongo|Furukamappu|古釜布) is an urban type settlement in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. It is the largest settlement on the Kunashir Island of the Kuril Islands. Population: 5,751 (2002 Census); 6,344 (1989 Census) … Wikipedia
Kuril Islands — Location of Kuril Islands in the Western Pacific. Matua Isl … Wikipedia
Sakhalin — Infobox Islands name = Sakhalin image caption = locator Location map|Russia|lat=51|long=143 map custom = yes native name = Сахалин native name link = Russian language location = Russian Far East, Pacific Ocean coordinates= 45°50 54°24 N… … Wikipedia
Sakhalin Oblast — Infobox Russian federal subject EnglishName=Sakhalin Oblast RussianName=Сахалинская область Locator LocatorMap CoatOfArmsLink= FlagLink= AnthemLink= None AdmCtrOrCapital=Administrative center AdmCtrName=Yuzhno Sakhalinsk FoundationDate=January 2 … Wikipedia
Karafuto Prefecture — 樺太庁 (Shinjitai) 樺太廳 (Kyūjitai) Karafuto Prefecture Prefecture of the Great Japanese Empire … Wikipedia
Kunashir Island — Infobox Disputed Islands name = Kunashir Island image caption = NASA picture of Mendeleev volcano (Jap.: Rausu yama) in the southern part of Kunashir. image size = 300px locator Location map|Japan|lat=44.116667|long=145.85|caption=Kunashir Island … Wikipedia
Nevelsk — (English) Невельск (Russian) Inhabited locality … Wikipedia
Okhotsk, Sea of — Arm of the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Bounded by the Siberian coast, the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kuril Islands, Hokkaido, and Sakhalin Island, it covers 611,000 sq mi (1,580,000 sq km). It connects the ports of the Russian Far East. Ice… … Universalium
Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… … Universalium