Poronaysk

Poronaysk

Poronaysk ( _ru. Порона́йск) is a town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the Poronay River some 288 km north of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. It is the administrative center of Poronaysky District. Population: 17,400 (2005 est.); 17,954 (2002 Census); 25,971 (1989 Census).

Poronaysk was founded in 1869 as a Russian outpost Tikhmenevsky neighboring the Nivkh and Ainu settlements in the area. In 1905–1945, the town belonged to Japan and was renamed nihongo|Shikuka|敷香. After the town had been returned to the Soviet Union, it was named Poronaysk after the river it stands on.


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