Yuzhno-Kurilsk

Urban-type settlement Yuzhno-Kurilsk жно-Курильск flag coat of arms Federal district far East Oblast Sakhalin Rajon Yuzhno-Kurilsk Founded 19th century Earlier names Furukamappu (until 1946) Urban-type settlement since 1949 population 5832 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 30  m Time zone UTC + 11 Telephone code (+7) 42455 Post Code 694500 License Plate 65 OKATO 64 256 551 Website www.yuzhno-kurilsk.ru Geographical location Coordinates 44 ° 2 '  N , 145 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 2 '0 "  N , 145 ° 51' 30"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Sakhalin Oblast

Yuzhno-Kurilsk ( Russian Южно-Курильск ) is an urban-type settlement in Sakhalin Oblast ( Russia ) with 5832 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located on a headland on the east coast of the island of Kunashir, which belongs to the southern group of the Kuriles .

Yuzhno-Kurilsk is the administrative center of the Yuzhno-Kurilsk Raion of the same name ("South Kuril Raion") and today the largest town in the entire archipelago. It is located 550 kilometers (as the crow flies) southeast of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Oblast Administrative Center (on Sakhalin ).

history

As early as the 19th century - before the Kuril Islands were included in the Treaty of Shimoda in 1855 - there were several Japanese settlements on Kunashir, such as Furukamappu ( Japanese 古 釜 布 ) in the area of ​​today's Yuzhno-Kurilsk .

During the Second World War , Kunashir was taken by the Red Army on September 1, 1945 without a fight. As a result, the Japanese civilian population was deported until 1947 and Kunashir was incorporated into the Soviet Union like the neighboring islands , which, however, Japan still does not recognize and therefore both the island and the settlement are part of its sub-prefecture of Nemuro ( Kuril conflict ).

The establishment of a new settlement Yuzhno-Kurilsk (Russian for "South Kuril settlement") as the administrative center for the newly created Rajon of Sakhalin Oblast began in 1946 mainly with the help of Japanese prisoners of war. In 1949 urban-type settlement was granted.

After the settlement directly on the coast was badly destroyed by a tsunami in 1953 , it was rebuilt about 30 meters higher. On October 5, 1994, an earthquake and subsequent tsunami damaged 90 percent of the buildings, killing 11 people.

Population development

Town center

Russian Orthodox Church in Yuzhno-Kurilsk

year	Residents
1959	3478
1970	3214
1979	4633
1989	6344
2002	5751
2010	5832

Note: census data

Culture and sights

Since 1991 there has been a local museum of the South Kuril Islands in Yuzhno-Kurilsk .

Economy and Infrastructure

Yuzhno-Kurilsk's economy is dominated by fishing and processing. The island administration has high hopes for the development of tourism, especially from Japan.

Roads connect the settlement with the few north (Otradnoye) and south (Gorjatschi Pljasch, Golownino) villages of the island. Mendeleyevo Airport is located about 15 kilometers southwest on the road to Golownino. However, the airport has hardly been renewed by the Japanese since it was built, so it was out of service for some time until the mid-1990s and closed again from 2006. At the moment there is a connection to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (November 2008).

There is a weekly passenger ship connection to Korsakow on Sakhalin.

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)
2. ↑ Data catalog for near-source tsunami observed in Kuril Isls and Sakhalin Is. ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Tsunami Warning Center (English)  
3. ↑ Report at expert.ru ( Memento of the original from May 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Russian)  

Web links

Commons : Yuzhno-Kurilsk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Yuzhno-Kurilsk Administration website (Russian)