Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Yujno-Sahalinsk)
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| Local time | Monday 07:05 |
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| Weather | -12°C, Wind NW at 13 km/h, 78% Humidity |
| City status since | 1905 |
| Elevation | 50160 |
| Population | 188,242 (2012) |
| Federal subject | Sakhalin Oblast |
| University | Sakhalin State University |
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| ID | 2477625 |
About Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Yujno-Sahalinsk)
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is a city on Sakhalin Island, in eastern Russia. Designed after a Japanese pagoda, the Sakhalin Regional Museum has an exhibition on the relationship between Russia and Japan, plus fossils and archaeological artifacts. A train travels through Gagarin Park, which has a lake and a Ferris wheel. Sakhalin Zoo has turtles and birds of prey. East, Gorny Vozdukh ski resort offers slopes and a cable car.