Okhotsk - Ohootsk (English spelling)

Japanese: オホーツク - おほーつく(英語表記)Охотск/Ohotsk
Okhotsk - Ohootsk (English spelling)

A town in the Khabarovsk Krai in the eastern part of the Russian Federation. A fishing port on the northwest coast of the Sea of ​​Okhotsk. Population: about 10,000. There is a fishing complex and a ship repair factory. It is one of the oldest Russian colonies in the Far East, and a winter camp was established there in 1647, and the Kosoy Stockade (fort) was built there in 1649. Until the mid-19th century, it was a major port on the Pacific coast of Russia, and served as a base for expeditions to Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands, Japan, Alaska, and other places.

[Masatoshi Mikami]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ロシア連邦東部、ハバロフスク地方の町。オホーツク海北西岸の漁港。人口約1万。漁業コンビナート、船舶修理工場がある。極東におけるロシアのもっとも古い植民地の一つで、1647年に冬営地ができ、そこに1649年にコソイ小柵(しょうさく)(砦(とりで))が建設された。19世紀なかばまでロシアの太平洋岸の主要港で、カムチャツカ、千島、日本、アラスカなどへの探検隊の基地となった。

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