Korsakov (; ) is a
town in
Sakhalin Oblast,
Russia. It is the
administrative center of
Korsakovsky District. Population: 35,079 (2008 est.); The town is located some south from
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, at the southern end of
Sakhalin Island, on the coast of the Salmon Cove (bukhta lososei) in the
Aniva Bay.
History
Little is known of the early history of Korsakov. The site was once home to an
Ainu fishing village called Kushunkotan (in Russian sources, Tamari-Aniva), which was frequented by traders of the
Matsumae clan from as early as 1790.
, Brett L. Walker, ISBN 0520248341, 9780520248342
, 1873 map. On September 22, 1853, a Russian expedition, commanded by Gennadii Nevel'skoi, raised the Russian flag at the settlement and renamed it "Fort Muravyovsky", after Governor-General of Eastern Siberia
Nikolay Muravyov.
, Akizuki Toshiyuki,
HokkaidÅ University.
(The garrison of Russians at Kushunkotan), Jirosuke Yoda, 1854. another source mentions only 300 ainu inhabitants<ref...
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