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Sakhalin

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Sa·kha·lin  (sk-ln, -ln, s--lyn)
An island of southeast Russia in the Sea of Okhotsk north of Hokkaido, Japan. Colonized by Russia and Japan in the 18th and 19th centuries, it passed under Russian control in 1875.
Sakhalin (Russian) [səxaˈlin], Saghalien
n
(Placename) an island in the Sea of Okhotsk, off the SE coast of Russia north of Japan: fishing, forestry, and mineral resources (coal and petroleum). Capital: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Pop.: 598 000 (2000 est.). Area: 76 000 sq. km (29 300 sq. miles) Japanese name (1905-24) Karafuto


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