Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is a city on Sakhalin Island, Russia, administrative center of Sakhalin Oblast (which includes the whole island and the Kurils). The city was formerly called Vladimirovka between 1882–1905, then Toyohara between 1905-1946. Population: 175,085 (2002 Census); 187,000 (2000 est.). (...) (from Wikipedia)