A History of Sakhalin

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Early Indigenous Peoples: The Ainu, Nivkh, and Oroch
• Chapter 2 First Russian Voyages: Cossacks and Explorers in the 17th Century
• Chapter 3 Imperial Russia’s Early Claims: The 17th–18th Century Expeditions
• Chapter 4 The Treaty of Nerchinsk and Its Impact on Sakhalin (1689)
• Chapter 5 Japanese Early Contacts: Matsumae Domain and Trade (17th–18th Century)
• Chapter 6 The 1855 Treaty of Shimoda: Division of Sakhalin
• Chapter 7 Russian Colonization Efforts: Settlements and Administrative Structures (1850s–1870s)
• Chapter 8 Japanese Expansion: The Meiji Era and the Hokkaido Frontier
• Chapter 9 The Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905): Battles for Sakhalin
• Chapter 10 The Treaty of Portsmouth (1905): Sakhalin’s Southern Half to Japan
• Chapter 11 Administration of Japanese Sakhalin: Karafuto Prefecture (1905–1945)
• Chapter 12 Russian/Soviet Consolidation: Northern Sakhalin after 1905
• Chapter 13 The Siberian Intervention and Sakhalin (1918–1922)
• Chapter 14 Collectivization and Industrialization in Soviet Sakhalin (1920s–1930s)
• Chapter 15 The Sino-Japanese Conflict and Sakhalin’s Strategic Role (1930s)
• Chapter 16 World War II: The Soviet Invasion of Southern Sakhalin (August 1945)
• Chapter 17 The Potsdam Agreement and the Final Division of Sakhalin (1945)
• Chapter 18 Repatriation and Resettlement: Japanese Deportations and Soviet In‑migration
• Chapter 19 Reconstruction and Development in Post‑War Sakhalin (1946–1955)
• Chapter 20 The Cold War Era: Military Installations and Border Tensions (1950s–1980s)
• Chapter 21 Oil and Gas Discovery: Sakhalin’s Energy Boom (1970s–1990s)
• Chapter 22 The Collapse of the USSR and Sakhalin’s Transition (1991–1995)
• Chapter 23 International Investment: Sakhalin‑I and Sakhalin‑II Projects (1990s–2000s)
• Chapter 24 Environmental Challenges: Conservation, Indigenous Rights, and Ecology
• Chapter 25 Contemporary Sakhalin: Identity, Economy, and Its Place in the Russian Federation