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Aleksandrovsk Sakhalinskiy
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Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
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About Aleksandrovsk Sakhalinskiy
Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky is a town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located near the Strait of Tartary on the western beaches of Northern Sakhalin at the foot of the Western Sakhalin Mountains. A agreement known as Alexandrovskaya on the prevailing site of the town become first recorded in 1862. In 1869, an agricultural farm changed into set up there, which later grew into the village of Alexandrovka. At the time, it became known as Otchishi among Japanese.
In 1881, a navy put up become hooked up and have become called Alexandrovsky put up. The outpost served as the workplace for dealing with katorga, prisons, exile settlements, and the complete island until the October Revolution. Anton Chekhov lived here 1890 whilst amassing material for his e book The Sakhalin Island. Town reputation was granted to Alexandrovsky in 1917.
During the Russian Civil War, the city became beneath the manage of Admiral Kolchak in 1918–1920, before being occupied through the Japanese until 1925. It changed into referred to as Ako all through Japanese occupation between 1918 and 1925. In 1926, the metropolis become renamed Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky to distinguish it from other locations of the identical call. Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky turned into the place of business of Sakhalin Oblast among 1932 and 1947. It was also known as the coal mining center of the island all through the Soviet times.
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