Sakhalin Island, Soviet Union

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:island
gptkbp:area	72,492 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy	gptkb:La_Pérouse_Strait gptkb:Tatar_Strait gptkb:Sea_of_Japan gptkb:Sea_of_Okhotsk
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
gptkbp:climate	cold humid continental
gptkbp:containsSettlement	gptkb:Nivkh Indigenous people
gptkbp:ethnicGroup	gptkb:Koreans gptkb:Russians gptkb:Nivkh Indigenous people
gptkbp:explores	gptkb:Ivan_Krusenstern gptkb:Gennady_Nevelskoy
gptkbp:hasResource	gptkb:coal gptkb:oil natural gas wood
gptkbp:historicalEvent	occupied by Japan (1905–1945, southern part)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Sakhalin Island, Soviet Union
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Soviet_Union gptkb:Russian_SFSR gptkb:Far_East gptkb:Sakhalin_Oblast
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk gptkb:Dolinsk gptkb:Kholmsk gptkb:Nevelsk gptkb:Uglegorsk
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Korean_Air_Flight_007_shootdown_(1983)
gptkbp:population	about 600,000 (late Soviet period)
gptkbp:strategicImportance	gptkb:military energy production
gptkbp:transferredTo	gptkb:Russian_Federation_(1991)
gptkbp:transportation	airports ferries railways
gptkbp:treaty	gptkb:Treaty_of_Portsmouth gptkb:Treaty_of_Saint_Petersburg_(1875)
gptkbp:usedFor	penal colony (Tsarist and early Soviet periods)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Larry_McDonald
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7