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Sakhalin (Russian: Сахалин), also Saghalien, is a large elongated island in the North Pacific, lying between 45° 50' and 54° 24' N. It is part of the Russian Federation and is its largest island. The capital of Sakhalin is Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. It is currently administered as Sakhalin Oblast which includes the nearby Kuril Islands. This oblast is located in the Russian Far East, but it is also partially claimed by Japan which historically knew these islands as the Japanese Far North.
The European names derived from misinterpretation of a Manchu name sahaliyan ula angga hada (peak of the mouth of Amur River). Sahaliyan means black in Manchu and refers to Amur River (sahaliyan ula). Its Ainu name, Karafuto (樺太) or Krafto, was restored to the island by the Japanese during their possession of its southern part (1905-1945)
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