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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:island
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gptkbp:administrativeDivision
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gptkb:Sakhalin_Oblast
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gptkbp:area
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76,400 km²
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gptkbp:borderedBy
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gptkb:Sea_of_Japan
gptkb:Sea_of_Okhotsk
Hokkaido, Japan (via La Pérouse Strait)
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gptkbp:capital
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gptkb:Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
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gptkbp:climate
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cold, humid continental
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gptkbp:ethnicGroup
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gptkb:Koreans
gptkb:Russians
gptkb:Nivkh
Indigenous people
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gptkbp:hasResource
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gptkb:coal
gptkb:oil
natural gas
wood
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gptkbp:historicalEvent
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occupied by Japan (1905–1945, southern part)
returned to Soviet control in 1945
site of forced labor camps (Gulag)
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sakhalin, Soviet Union
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Korean
gptkb:Russian
gptkb:Nivkh
Indigenous people
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gptkbp:largestCity
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gptkb:Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:North_Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:Russian_SFSR
gptkb:Far_East
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shot down nearby (1983)
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gptkbp:notableFlora
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gptkb:deer
gptkb:Sakhalin_taimen
gptkb:Steller's_sea_eagle
gptkb:Sakhalin_fir
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gptkbp:population
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about 600,000 (late Soviet era)
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gptkbp:status
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part of Russian Federation (since 1991)
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gptkbp:strategicImportance
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gptkb:military
resource extraction
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gptkbp:timezone
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gptkb:Sakhalin_Time_(UTC+11)
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gptkbp:transportation
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gptkb:Trans-Sakhalin_Railway
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Taiho
gptkb:Taihō
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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