Sakhalin - Wikipedia
Sakhalin (Russian: Сахалин, IPA: [səxɐˈlʲin]) is an island in Northeast Asia. Its north coast lies 6.5 km (4.0 mi) off the southeastern coast of Khabarovsk Krai in Russia, while its southern tip lies …
Sakhalin Island | Map, Russia, & History | Britannica
Oct 17, 2025 · Sakhalin Island, island at the far eastern end of Russia. It is located between the Tatar Strait and the Sea of Okhotsk, north of the Japanese island of Hokkaido. With the Kuril …
Sakhalin Island (Everything To Know Before A Visit)
Sakhalin Island is located in Northeast Asia, off the coast of Khabarovsk Krai in Russia. Its southern tip is situated very close to the Japanese island of Hokkaido. As the largest island in …
Sakhalin - Wikitravel
Apr 28, 2022 · Sakhalin (Russian: Сахали́н, suh-khah-LEEN), formerly known as Karafuto (樺太, kah-rah-foo-toh) to the Japanese, is a large and very sparsely populated island which was the …
Sakhalin – Travel guide at Wikivoyage
At more than 70,000 km 2, Sakhalin is Russia's largest island. From the 40 km La Pérouse Strait separating Sakhalin from the Japanese island of Hokkaido, the island stretches nearly 1000 …
Sakhalin: Your Essential Guide to Russia’s Enigmatic Eastern Island
Jan 14, 2024 · From the most dreaded place of exile in the Russian Empire to a Japanese industrial base and one of the most attractive and inaccessible places for domestic tourism in …
Sakhalin – Visiting Russia’s largest island - Wild East
Jul 20, 2021 · With an area of 72,000 km², Sakhalin is the largest Russian island and about the size of Bavaria or Ireland. With its gas and oil deposits, the island is of outstanding strategic …
Sakhalin Oblast - Wikipedia
Sakhalin Oblast (Russian: Сахали́нская о́бласть, romanized: Sakhalinskaya oblastʹ, IPA: [səxɐˈlʲinskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) comprising the island of …
Sakhalin | Population, Japan, History, & Map | Britannica
Sakhalin, oblast (region), extreme eastern Russia, composed of Sakhalin Island and the chain of the Kuril Islands. The present oblast was formed in 1947 after southern Sakhalin and the …
Russia's Most Disputed region in the Pacific: Sakhalin Island
Nov 22, 2025 · This is the biggest island of Russia – Sakhalin. Throughout centuries the island has passed hands many times between the Soviet Union and Japan, and a formal...