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Korsakov| Town on the island of Sakhalin, in the Russian Far East, 40 km/25 mi south of the capital Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk; population (2001 est) 35,700. Korsakov is the principal port on the island. The main economic activities are fishing and saw milling. A ferry runs from here to Wakkanei on the tip of the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaido. |
| Korsakov was founded by Russians in 1876, but became a Japanese fortress in 1905, after their comprehensive defeat of Russia in the Russo-Japanese War. It reverted to Russian ownership, along with the rest of the southern part of the island, in 1945. |
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