Comments on: The South-West of Sakhalin Island

By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:05:24 +0000

Zdrastwujte
Ja rabotal kak stroitel 12 let nazd w gorode Kholmsk.My stroili gostinicu dla SASCO.Mne ochen ponrawilos.Kak hocu wernut w Kholmsk i pomnut perekrasny gorod i prirodu i wsio schto ja widel.

By: T. Mahan

T. Mahan — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:39:51 +0000

Are you still in Sakhalin? I would like information about the orhanage at Pravda near Kholmsk. My daughter was there before we adopted her.

By: dai williams

dai williams — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 21:21:40 +0000

Tim,
needless to say Welshman
living in US
Conducting research on Ainu (ethnobotany)
I have a couple of references (Ohnuki-Tierney and Pilsudski) to Ainu settlements in Sakhalin.
Do you know of any others, at the museum for example?
Would appreciate your help
Info on the Ainu in Sakhalin is hard to come by
Cheers

By: White Sun of the Desert » An Earthquake Hits Sakhalin Island

White Sun of the Desert » An Earthquake Hits Sakhalin Island — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:52:55 +0000

[...] An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale has hit Sakhalin Island near the town of Kholmsk, no doubt causing several thousand dollars worth of improvements.� More seriously, one woman was killed in the nearby town of Nevel’sk when a roof collapsed.� I wrote about my visit to both of these towns last October here. [...]

By: Tim Newman

Tim Newman — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 06:58:39 +0000

While on the topic, the Google Earth images of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk are in winter-time and it looks frosty as hell.

Until you go south to about where my apartment block is, and then it becomes all fine and summery.

By: W. Shedd

W. Shedd — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:42:37 +0000

Yes, you would expect there must be some way to make your way down to Dal’nyaya. Perhaps the east coast of the penisula?

I’m sure you’ve already looked at the map and came to the same conclusion. Looking at Google Earth, the east coast looks very rugged and there aren’t any obvious signs of a road there (which could be due to the scale). There is some sort of circular man-made feature – with a road extending north – near the southern tip of the penisula, however.

Google Earth shows the distance to Japan’s Hokkaido island as just shy of 26 miles. This is a good 4 miles shorter than the distance to Moneron Island (again, according to Google Earth).

While on the topic, the Google Earth images of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk are in winter-time and it looks frosty as hell.