Severo-Kurilsk

city Severo-Kurilsk Северо-Курильск flag coat of arms Federal district far East Oblast Sakhalin Rajon Severo-Kurilsk City since 1946 surface 5  km² population 2536 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 507 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 40  m Time zone UTC + 11 Telephone code (+7) 42453 Post Code 694550 License Plate 65 OKATO 64 243 501 Geographical location Coordinates 50 ° 40 ′  N , 156 ° 7 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  N , 156 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Sakhalin Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Severo-Kurilsk ( Russian Северо-Курильск ) is a small town on the Kuril Islands in Sakhalin Oblast ( Russia ) with 2536 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the northeast coast of the second largest Kuril island, Paramushir , on the 3 to 4 km wide strait of the Second Kuril Road opposite the island of Shumschu , about 1065 km northeast of the Oblast capital Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and 300 km southwest of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky . 7 km west of the city is the 1156  m high volcano Ebeko, which was last active at the end of March 2007 .

The city of Severo-Kurilsk is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

history

Main street of Severo-Kurilsk

Severo-Kurilsk port. Original location of the city before the 1952 tsunami

Together with all Kuril Islands, the place belonged to Japan as Kashiwabara ( Japanese 柏 原 ) since 1875 . During the Second World War , Japanese troops surrendered on Paramushir on August 19, 1945. As a result of the war, the Kuril part of the Soviet Union and the city were renamed Severo-Kurilsk, which means North Kuril Islands (city) in 1946 .

On November 5, 1952 (local time), the city was practically completely destroyed by a tsunami . 2336 of the approximately 6000 inhabitants died. The tsunami caused by a seaquake 130 km off the coast of Kamchatka hit the city in three waves early in the morning. The residents, who were able to get to safety before the first wave and then returned to their homes, were then surprised by the second, largest wave. There was also destruction in other places in Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands.

The city was soon rebuilt at a slightly higher location. The old population was already exceeded after a few years, but then fell considerably when the fishing industry was relocated to other, larger centers in the region, especially with the economic crisis in Russia in the 1990s.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	7733
1970	3566
1979	4045
1989	5180
2002	2592
2010	2536

Note: census data

Culture, education and sights

In Severo-Kurilsk there is a small museum of local history with exhibits on the indigenous people of the islands (the Ainu ) as well as on the history, especially the time of belonging to Japan, the events of World War II and the tsunami of 1952.

There are many remains of Japanese defenses in the area.

economy

Fishing is practically the only industry in the city. There is a fishing port.

swell

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. ↑ Sakhalin Meteorological Service (Russian)
3. ↑ The tsunami of 1952 ( memento of the original of March 12, 2007 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. on the website of the scientific institutions Sakhalin (Russian) 
4. ↑ Website of the local history museum at museum.ru (Russian)

Web links

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

• Severo-Kurilsk on sakhalin.info (Russian)
• Severo-Kurilsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)