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Rural locality (a selo) in Kholmsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located at the Strait of Tartary. Population: 3,389 (2010 Census).
Under Japanese rule, it was known as Noda (野田) (Но́да). After the Soviet Union took control of the whole of Sakhalin island after World War II, it was granted town status and renamed Chekhov (after the Russian writer Anton Chekhov) in 1947. It was demoted in status to that of a rural locality in 2004.
Under Japanese rule, it was known as Noda (野田) (Но́да). After the Soviet Union took control of the whole of Sakhalin island after World War II, it was granted town status and renamed Chekhov (after the Russian writer Anton Chekhov) in 1947. It was demoted in status to that of a rural locality in 2004.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chekhov,_Sakhalin_Oblast
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Coordinates: 47°26'37"N 142°0'17"E
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- Rokkasho 705 km
- mountain Golaya 6.3 km
- mountain Murashova 7.4 km
- mountain Zorskaya 10 km
- mountain Godochek 14 km
- ex-Airport Habomai 17 km
- mountain Usataya 20 km
- mountain Seliverstova 29 km