Dolinsk

city Dolinsk Долинск flag coat of arms Federal district far East Oblast Sakhalin Rajon Dolinsk head Svetlana Pachomova Founded 1884 Earlier names Galkino-Wrasskoje (until 1905) Ochiai (1905–1946) surface 11  km² population 12,200 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1109 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 20  m Time zone UTC + 11 Telephone code (+7) 424 Post Code 694051-694052 License Plate 65 OKATO 64 410 Website www.dolinsk.marketcenter.ru Geographical location Coordinates 47 ° 19 '  N , 142 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 19 '0 "  N , 142 ° 48' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Sakhalin Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Dolinsk ( Russian Долинск ) is a city in Sakhalin Oblast ( Russia ) with 12,200 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the southeast of the island of Sakhalin , about 45 km north of the oblast capital Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk , in the wide valley of the Naiba and its right tributaries. The coast of the Terpenije Bay of the Sea of Okhotsk is about ten kilometers away.

The city of Dolinsk is directly subordinate to the oblast and at the same time the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

history

In 1884 the Russian village of Galkino-Wrasskoje was founded on the site of the present-day town and former Ainus settlement of Siantscha . From 1905 it belonged, according to the Treaty of Portsmouth under the name Ochiai ( Jap. 落合町 , - machi , Russian Отиай / Otiai ) to Japan and became the city ( machi ) where Ochiai called the confluence of two rivers here. In 1945 the place came back to the Soviet Union and was renamed Dolinsk in 1946 (from Russian dolina for valley ).

Population development

year	Residents
1941	25,135
1959	14,802
1970	13,744
1979	14,776
1989	15,653
2002	12,555
2010	12,200

Note: census data

Culture and sights

The water bird sanctuary Lebjaschjesee ( Swan Lake ) is located northwest of the city near the coast .

Economy and Infrastructure

In Dolinsk there are companies in the wood processing industry (paper) and mechanical engineering, in the district coal mining, building materials and fishing industry.

Dolinsk is located on the narrow-gauge ( cape gauge 1076 mm) main railway line leading from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk to the northern part of the island, to Nogliki .

sons and daughters of the town

• Larissa Petrik (* 1949), artistic gymnast
• Sergei Novikow (* 1980), cross-country skier

Web links

Commons : Dolinsk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• City administration website (Russian)
• Dolinsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)