The Sakhalin Oblast, the only one in the country, located on 59 islands, includes Sakhalin Island with the neighboring islands of Moneron and Tyuleni and two ridges of the Kuril Islands.

Regional center - Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, large cities - Kholmsk, Korsakov, Okha, Poronaisk,

Difference with Moscow in time: ahead of 7 hours

Population: about 547 thousand people

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How to get here

Sakhalin's traffic links with the Kuril Islands and the mainland is carried out by sea and air transport. Sakhalin is cut by a network of good highways, dirt roads and railways. The Kuril Islands have unpaved roads.

The regional center, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, is connected by air to St. Petersburg, Moscow, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, as well as the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea. The sea ferry connects the Sakhalin ports of Kholmsk and Korsakov with Japan and the Khabarovsk Territory

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Sakhalin Oblast Climate

The climate of the Sakhalin Oblast is a monsoon climate characterized by cold, but more humid and less severe than on the mainland, in winter and cool rainy summer . Due to the meridian location, Sakhalin's temperature regime is characterized by great unevenness . In the north of the island in January, the average temperature ranges from -16 to -24 ° C, in the south - from -8 to -18 ° C . The warmest month is August, when the average temperature in the northern part ranges from +12 to +17 ° C, in the south - from +16 to +18 ° C . The coldest place in the Sakhalin region is the Tymovskiy district, where the average January temperature is -26 ° C, but sometimes drops to -54 ° C . At the end of the summer and in the autumn from the southwest to the Sakhalin area typhoons are invading - strong, destructive force winds (more than 40 m / s), with a lot of precipitation, - causing huge damage.

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Treatment

Nature generously endowed Sakhalin and the Kuriles with natural "health resorts" : hot lakes and springs, sandy beaches of Anivsky seaside, mineral waters, rivers and lakes . There are more than 50 sources of mineral salts and waters suitable for drinking and bathing, and, moreover, of very different composition .In each district of the region there are many outlets of such waters .The most valuable of these are mud sulphide muds of Lake Izmenchivoy, one of the largest deposits in Russia, characterized by high medicinal properties .They are used in the complex of spa therapy .

Entertainment, excursions and attractions of the Sakhalin Region

Surprising in beauty are the Sakhalin and Kuril waterfalls - Elder's Beard, Beauty's hair, etc. On the island of Iturup is the highest in Russia waterfall Ilya Muromets - 141 m

The island of Seals, a tiny piece of land east of Sakhalin, is marked on all maps of the world. Here is a unique rookery of fur seals. Large vessels are prohibited from approaching Tyuleny closer than 30 miles, by flying over it, in this zone it is strictly forbidden to give a beep. The island of Seals is a reserved area, a paradise for seals, which have made happy the territory of only two countries of the world - Russia and the USA.

In the Sakhalin-Kuril basin, Steller sea lions also live - the largest beasts of pinnipeds, their weight reaches a ton.

The underwater world is rich in black and brown bivalve mollusks - mussels and trepang (it is also called "sea cucumber"). The fauna of our seas is also represented by sea stars, octopuses, squid, scallops, trumpeter, crab.

Map of the Sakhalin Region

Fishing in the Sakhalin Region

The north of Sakhalin is a real paradise for fishermen. A variety of salmon breeds, their sizes will pleasantly surprise everyone, both professional and amateur. Different ways of fishing: rod, spinning, fly fishing, night fishing at the "mouse".

Venue: Nogliki District, North of the Sakhalin Region. Rivers: Tym, Dagi, Nabil, Val, Eva, Uanga. Bays: Nyivo, Nabil, Dagi, Chayvo.

Fishing in the south of Sakhalin. There are a lot of lakes on Sakhalin, but the largest of them are lagoon-type lakes, distributed along the coasts: Tunaich, Nevsky and Busse. Lake Tunaicha is located in a low valley surrounded by hills covered with dense mixed forests. Under the canopy of the forest in the valleys the tall grass of the giant fern and Sakhalin buckwheat is developed, the world of flora and fauna in these places is very rich. Tunaich is a favorite place for migratory birds. And, of course, Tunaicha is one of the few places where taimen lives.

Ethnic tours

Ethnic tours are held in places of traditional residence of indigenous peoples of the north of Sakhalin. This is an acquaintance with the indigenous small peoples of the North (uilta, nivkhi), who have been living in Sakhalin since the earliest times.

Uilta engaged in reindeer herding and hunting for forest animals. Nivkhi fishing and hunting for sea animals. Uilta and Nivkhi have so far retained traditional methods and methods of management and nature management, such as reindeer husbandry, hunting, fish production, the production of national souvenirs and clothing.

In the Nogliki district (northern Sakhalin), where tours are offered, the indigenous population of the North is about 1500 people. In the village of Nogliki, there is a historical and ethnographic museum, which is a branch of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Museum of Local History, where items from the Nivkh bear festival, specimens of woodcarving, ritual and kitchen utensils, national clothes, objects associated with shamanism are collected.

Here you can see: the ways of traditional farming, national dances and ceremonies, communicate with elderly representatives of indigenous peoples, try dishes prepared according to old recipes. You can also buy a variety of national souvenirs made in traditional ways, for the manufacture of which you can watch and even take part in their production. Photos of the Sakhalin Region (37)