Korsakov

Japanese: コルサコフ（英語表記）Korsakov

A port city in the Russian Sakhalin Oblast. It is located in the southern part of Sakhalin Island (Karafuto), facing Aniva Bay, about 30 km south of the oblast capital, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. At the end of the 18th century, the Matsumae clan established a guardhouse here and used it as a base for managing Sakhalin, but Russia established a military base here in 1853, and it officially became Russian territory in 1875. From 1905 to 1945, it became Japanese territory again, and paper mills and other facilities were built, and a ferry operated between Wakkanai and the city. It is the largest port city on Sakhalin Island, and has industries such as ship repair, pulp and paper, and seafood processing. It is the starting point of the Sakhalin Transverse Railway. In 1995, regular ferry services to Wakkanai resumed. Odomari in Japanese. Population: 45,300 (1991 estimate).

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Japanese:

ロシアのサハリン州の港湾都市。サハリン島（樺太）南部，アニバ湾に臨み，州都ユジノサハリンスクの南約 30kmに位置する。18世紀末，松前藩がここに番屋を置き，樺太経営の拠点としたが，ロシアは 1853年軍事拠点を築き，1875年から公式にロシア領となった。1905～45年再び日本領となり，製紙工場などが建設され，稚内との間に連絡船が運航していた。サハリン島最大の港湾都市で，船舶修理，パルプ・製紙，水産加工などの工業がある。サハリン縦貫鉄道の起点。1995年稚内とのフェリーの定期航路が再開。日本名大泊（おおどまり）。人口 4万5300（1991推計）。

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