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Russia. Karafuto Agency, from 1943 Karafuto Prefecture, [a] commonly known as South Sakhalin, was a part of the Empire of Japan on Sakhalin, it was part of the gaichi from 1907 to 1943 and later a prefecture as part of the naichi until 1945. Karafuto became a territory of the Empire of Japan in 1905 after the Russo-Japanese War, when the ...
Contents. hide. (Top) Islands. Mountains. Lakes. Rivers. Bays and gulfs. Capes and Peninsulas. Straits. Important ports. Climate. References. Geography of Karafuto. Karafuto was a former Japanese prefecture in the southern part of Sakhalin island, from 1905 to 1945. Islands. Names in italics are the current Russian names.
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Aug 30, 2009 · Map of subprefectures of Karafuto Prefecture: Date: Original image uploaded to Japanese Wikipedia by Faso on October 20, 2004, recolored image uploaded to commons by Kzaral on September 18, 2008. Source: Based on the image from Japanese Wikipedia, recolored by the uploader. Author: Original image by Faso, recolored image by Kzaral: Permission
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The Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin, also known as the Battle of Sakhalin (Russian: Южно-Сахалинская операция, romanized: Yuzhno-Sakhalinskaya operatsiya; Japanese: 樺太の戦い, romanized: Karafuto no tatakai), was the Soviet invasion of the Japanese portion of Sakhalin Island known as Karafuto Prefecture.
- 11-25 August 1945(2 weeks)
- Soviet victory
- Sakhalin Island
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Between 1905 and 1945, the Japanese Empire administered the southern half of Sakhalin, using the name Karafuto (樺太). The area was designated a chō (廳), the same term given to Hokkaidō at the time. It is commonly referred to as Karafuto Prefecture in English. The prefecture was divided into 4 subprefectures , which in turn were subdivided into 11 districts, in turn divided into 41 ...
