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    Karafuto Agency, from 1943 Karafuto Prefecture, commonly known as South Sakhalin, was a part of the Empire of Japan on Sakhalin. It was part of the gaichi...
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  • Karafuto Prefecture (樺太庁 Karafuto-chō), commonly called South Sakhalin, was the Japanese administrative division corresponding to Japanese territory on...
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    symbols instead of Manchu alphabet. Sakhalin has several names including Karafuto (Japanese: 樺太), Kuye (simplified Chinese: 库页岛; traditional Chinese: 庫頁島;...
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    Karafuto Shrine (樺太神社, Karafuto jinja) was a Shinto shrine in Toyohara, Karafuto Prefecture in what is now Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. The shrine was established...
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    Japanese: 樺太の戦い, romanized: Karafuto no tatakai), was the Soviet invasion of the Japanese portion of Sakhalin Island known as Karafuto Prefecture. The invasion...
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    service and shipped them to Karafuto to fill labour shortages resulting from World War II. The Red Army invaded Karafuto days before Japan's surrender;...
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    Sakhalin Husky (redirect from Karafuto-Ken)
    The Sakhalin Husky (Japanese: 樺太犬, Karafuto Ken; Russian: Сахалинский хаски; Chinese: 库页犬, Kuye Quan) is a critically endangered landrace and sled laika...
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    as Karafuto Prefecture, it formed part of the Empire of Japan, the official residence of the garrison commander initially served for the Karafuto Agency...
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  • The Karafuto Fortress was the defensive unit formed by the Karafuto fortification installations, and the Karafuto detachment of Japanese forces, the 88th...
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  • Karafuto 1945 Natsu Hyōsetsu no Mon (樺太1945年夏 氷雪の門), also called Gate of Ice, is a 1974 Japanese film based on the Soviet Union's invasion of Karafuto...
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    The evacuation of Karafuto (Sakhalin) and the Chishima (Kuril) islands refers to the events that took place during the Pacific theater of World War II...
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    Ainu in Russia (redirect from Karafuto Ainu)
    Ainu Karafuto Ainu house, 1912 Total population 300 (official Russian Census 2021) 1,000 to +100,000[citation needed] (not federally recognized) Regions...
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    in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Established on 1932.07.18 as Mission sui juris of Karafuto (樺太 (日本語) ), on then Japanese territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate...
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    Karafuto was 64,940,034 on Dec 31, 1908, which could be broken down as follows: Japan proper: 51,742,486 Chōsen: 9,918,566 Taiwan: 3,252,589 Karafuto:...
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    Karafuto Museum (稚内市樺太記念館, Wakkanai-shi Karafuto Kinenkan) opened in Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan in 2018. The display documents the history of Karafuto...
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  • and Russia. After the 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth, Karafuto was administered from Toyohara in Karafuto Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces...
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    its colonies, including de jure parts of Japan such as Korea, Taiwan, Karafuto, and the Kurils. The Allies (led by the United States) repatriated millions...
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    earthquake Chishima Province Evacuation of Karafuto and Kuriles Invasion of the Kuril Islands Karafuto Fortress Karafuto Prefecture Organization of Hokkai (North)...
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  • Karafuto was a former Japanese prefecture in the southern part of Sakhalin island, from 1905 to 1945. Names in italics are the current Russian names. The...
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    Colonies Karafuto (naichi after 1943) Chōsen Kantō-shū Nan'yō Taiwan Puppet states Manchukuo Mengjiang Wang Jingwei regime Second Philippine Republic Empire...
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    Nakayama, Taisho (2015), Japanese Society on Karafuto, Voices from the Shifting Russo-Japanese Border: Karafuto / Sakhalin, Routledge, ISBN 978-1-315-75268-6...
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    The Treaty of Saint Petersburg (Japanese: 樺太・千島交換条約, romanized: Karafuto-Chishima Kōkan Jōyaku; Russian: Петербургский договор) between the Empire of Japan...
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    (the Senkaku Islands dispute). Taiwan and the Penghu Islands – 1895–1945 Karafuto – 1905–1943 Kantō – 1905–1945 Chōsen – 1910–1945 Kiautschou Bay Leased...
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    Colonies Karafuto (naichi after 1943) Chōsen Kantō-shū Nan'yō Taiwan Puppet states Manchukuo Mengjiang Wang Jingwei regime Second Philippine Republic Empire...
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  • the name Karafuto (樺太). The area was designated a chō (廳), the same term given to Hokkaidō at the time. It is commonly referred to as Karafuto Prefecture...
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    Karafuto (1905–1949) - the southern half of the island of Sakhalin, controlled by Japan after the Russo-Japanese War. Japan lost control of Karafuto after...
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    Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky (Russian: Алекса́ндровск-Сахали́нский; Japanese: 落石Otchishi, 亜港Akō) is a town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located near the Strait...
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    Colonies Karafuto (naichi after 1943) Chōsen Kantō-shū Nan'yō Taiwan Puppet states Manchukuo Mengjiang Wang Jingwei regime Second Philippine Republic Empire...
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    concessions therein until 1944. In 1943, Karafuto was elevated to naichi status. The Soviet Union invaded and annexed Karafuto at the end of World War II. Following...
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    Schaminismus der Ainu auf Sachalin (Karafuto), Bonn 1989, p. 45. Adami: Religion und Schaminismus der Ainu auf Sachalin (Karafuto), p. 79, p. 119. "Suicide"....
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