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  1. Karafuto Agency, from 1943 Karafuto Prefecture, [a] commonly known as South Sakhalin, was a colony of the Empire of Japan on Sakhalin from 1907 to 1943 and later a prefecture until 1945. Karafuto became a territory of the Empire of Japan in 1905 after the Russo-Japanese War, when the portion of Sakhalin south of 50°N was ceded from the Russian ...

  2. Principales villes. La préfecture de Karafuto divisée en 4 sous-préfectures, Toyohara, Maoka, Esutoru et Shikuka. En 1945, la préfecture de Karafuto était divisée en quatre sous-préfectures divisée en 11 districts eux-mêmes divisés en 41 municipalités (1 ville, 13 bourgs et 27 villages ). La plus grande ville était Toyohara.

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  4. It is commonly referred to as Karafuto Prefecture in English. The prefecture was divided into 4 subprefectures ( 支廳 , shichō ) , which in turn were subdivided into 11 districts , in turn divided into 41 municipalities (1 city , 13 towns , and 27 villages )

  5. 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.

  6. The most sizeable Polish community of early 20th-century Japan lived in the Karafuto Prefecture, which further grew since 1925, as many Poles fled Soviet Russian persecution in northern Sakhalin. Poles in Karafuto engaged in unrestricted social, cultural and economic activities, and a Polish library was established in Toyohara.

  7. Mar 18, 2024 · Karafuto Agency, from 1943 Karafuto Prefecture, [lower-alpha 1] commonly known as South Sakhalin, was a colony of the Empire of Japan on Sakhalin from 1907 to 1943 and later a prefecture until 1945. Contents. Name. History. Soviet invasion. Post-war. Geography. Economy. Government. Directors of the Karafuto Agency. Major cities. See also. Notes.

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