Таблица к уроку Сахалин

Sakhalin Region. One of the most eastern regions of Russia and THE ONLY REGION COMLITELY LOCATED ON ISLANDS (Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands).

Part of the Far Eastern Federal District. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is the capital city of the region. The population of Sakhalin is about 486,000 (2015), the area -87,101 sq.km.

Geographical location

Features

Climate

History

Natural recourses

and economy

Sightseeing or

places of interest

Sakhalin is one of the largest islands of Russia, which stretches for 984 km North to South.

Separated from the mainland by Tatar Streight,

The region is washed by the Sea of Okhotsk, the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean..

The climate is temperate, monsoon. The average temperature in January ranges from minus 6 (in the south) to minus 24 (in the north) degrees Celsius, in August - from plus 19 to 10 degrees Celsius.

In October 20, 1806, N.A.Khvostov declared Sakhalin the Russian territory.

Sakhalin is specialized in fishery and its processing, forest and wood processing, pulp and paper industries. Oil, natural gas and coal are extracted here. It is the only region in Russia producing agar (also known as agar-agar) - a gelatinous substance obtained from seaweed.

There are spa and thermal springs, deposits of curing mud, over 1,000 cultural and historical objects, volcanoes, waterfalls, monuments of archaeology, sites connected with culture of the natives.