Sakhalin biography

It is part of the Far Eastern Federal District. Located in the Asia-Pacific region. The only subject that is located only on the islands of Sakhalin and Kurils. Borders along the sea with the Kamchatka region, the Khabarovsk Territory and Japan. Administrative Center - Successful actions of the Amur expedition of the city of Nevelsky - GG. Russian military posts and the first peasant villages were founded on the island.

In the years, Sakhalin was the largest exile in Russia. An important impact on the economic development of the territory of the region has traditionally had a foreign policy factor. From for a year on the basis of Russian-Japanese agreements: Simodsky in the year Sakhalin was allocated into an independent administrative unit. In the year, the Sakhalin region was formed as part of the Amur Governor General.

During the civil war and foreign intervention, Japan in April occupied the northern part of Sakhalin belonging to Russia and withdrew its troops from its territory only after five years. In May, the Sakhalin District was formed within North Sakhalin, from October 20 - the Sakhalin Region as part of the Far Eastern from the year - the Khabarovsk Territory. In the modern borders, the Sakhalin Region was formed on January 2 of the year and was allocated to an independent region of the Russian Federation.

The center of the region is the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, founded by Russian settlers in the year. The total area of ​​the territory is 87.1 thousand square kilometers. It is located on 87 islands. The population of the region is 2 thousand. The average age of residents exceeds 38 years. According to the All -Russian census of the year, more nationalities lived in the region.

In the national composition of the nationalities of the North, Nivkhs prevail. The administrative center is Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, in which thousands of people live. The time difference between the city and Moscow is 8 hours. Sakhalin region has 21 municipal education: 17 urban districts, one municipal district and two urban settlements and one rural Boshnyakovskoye included in the last.

The governor in the region is elected in direct elections for five years. He also heads the local government - the highest executive body. Legislative power in the Sakhalin Region is exercised by the Sakhalin Regional Duma. The climate of the region is moderate, monsoon.

High seismic and volcanic activity is characteristic. The leading industry is also energy. The transport infrastructure of the Sakhalin Region is represented by air, sea, rail, road and pipeline vehicles.