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	Volunteers Help Rescuers with Cleansing Nevelsk Seacoast of POL
	Cleansing the coast of black oil pollution and rescuing the birds affected by spill of petroleum, oil, and lubricants from the tanker Nadezhda go on in Nevelsk.
--06-12-2015--
	Discover Sakhalin: Kologerasa Bay And Moneron Island
	The guests of Kologerasa Bay on Moneron Island are usually shown the remnants of Japanese irrigation system supplying rice fields during the Japanese reign over the island. But the history of the name of the bay is perhaps more interesting than the Japanese engineering structures...
--18-07-2015--
	Paramushir Island
	Mountains and volcanoes of Paramushir Island look picturesquely from the space, but the view from the land and the sea is no less impressive. It is the most mountainous island of Kurils that is also very rich in volcanoes.
--02-12-2014--
	Whales versus Oil Production
	Russian engineering and technology company “ScanEx” has launched a project on space monitoring of seawaters near the Sakhalin Island, where oil is produced and grey whales unfortunately dwell, being an endangered species.
--25-09-2007--

News:

	Two Military Lighthouses on Sakhalin will be Repaired and Made Accessible to Tourists
	Two military lighthouses - at the Aniva and Zhonkier capes - will become officially open for tourists after overhaul maintenance.
--05-02-2020--
	A Bridge to Sakhalin
	It is probable that a bridge to Sakhalin through the Nevelskoy Strait will be built in 2030-2035.
--26-12-2019--
	Ferry Transportation Between Sakhalin and Hokkaido Will Be Resumed
	Sakhalin Region and Japan Prefecture of Hokkaido agreed on the resumption of cargo-passenger ferry Korsakov - Wakkanai - Korsakov from July 15.
--24-06-2016--
	Tourist Flow In Sakhalin Will Be Increased
	The Government of Sakhalin Oblast has submitted the proposals on the establishment of territories of priority development (TOR). It is planned that the tourist flow will increase up to 600 thousand people per year by 2020 and up to one million by 2025.
--25-11-2015--
	Tourist Flow Is Growing In Sakhalin Oblast
	The tourists come to see the volcanoes, swim in the hot springs, fish and dive.
--31-10-2015--
	New Eco-Trail In Sakhalin
	The Ministry of Forestry and Hunting of Sakhalin Oblast listened to the numerous requests of the residents of the island region and made the cultural and historical monument of regional significance - the memorial on the place of the reburial of the guerrilla unit under the command of the Captain B.V. Grotto-Slepikovsky who died during the defense of Sakhalin in 1905 – more available to tourists.
--21-08-2015--
	Khomutovo Airport On Sale
	The Government of Sakhalin Oblast is ready to sell Khomutovo International Airport in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
--31-07-2015--
	First Russian Settlement On the Southern Sakhalin Will Be Restored
	Sakhalin authorities are going to restore the first permanent Russian settlement on the Southern Sakhalin founded by the Admiral Gennadiy Nevelskiy during the Amur expedition in 1853 in Lososey Gulf of Aniva Bay within the boundaries of the modern town of Korsakov.
--06-02-2015--
	Sakhalin Domestic Tourism Development
	Special train was launched to discover Sakhalin.
--30-07-2014--
	Pavel Chukhray Shooting New Film
	The film director Pavel Chukhray is going to shoot his new feature film – Revenge - in Sakhalin.
--05-09-2013--
	Sakhalin Inhabitants Selected Kashtanka
	Bronze Chekhov's characters by the Drama Theatre have become the hallmark of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
--31-08-2013--
	Admiral Nevelsky Monument Unveiled in Sakhalin
	A monument to Admiral Gennady Nevelsky - one of the most outstanding Russian seafarers and explorers of the Far East – has been set up in the city of Korsakov on the Sakhalin Island.
--25-07-2013--
	The first Ice Palace in Sakhalin
	The first ice palace called "Crystal" was opened on the Sakhalin island in its principal city Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
--28-04-2013--
	Oil Rig with 67 People Abroad Sank in the Russian Far East
	About 16 people are already found dead in the the Sea of Okhotsk after the overturning of an oil rig in the Russian Far East.
--19-12-2011--