Malokurilskoye (russian: Малокури́льское) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

('' selo'') in

Yuzhno-Kurilsky District Yuzhno-Kurilsky District (russian: Ю́жно-Кури́льский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast.Law #25-ZO Municipally, it is incorporated as Yuzhno-Kurilsky ...

Sakhalin Oblast Sakhalin Oblast ( rus, Сахали́нская о́бласть, r=Sakhalínskaya óblast', p=səxɐˈlʲinskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast) comprising the island of Sakhalin and the K ...

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. Population: 1,100 (2007), and 1,873 (2010).Итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года
It was founded in 1933. Postal code: 694520. Dialing code: +7 42455. ''Ostrovnoy''

canning Canning is a method of food preservation in which food is processed and sealed in an airtight container (jars like Mason jars, and steel and tin cans). Canning provides a shelf life that typically ranges from one to five years, although u ...

factory is the main employer in the village.

Landmarks

In 2005, on the 60th anniversary of the Soviet Annexation of the Kuril Islands at the end of World War 2, an

IS-2 The IS-2 (russian: ИС-2, sometimes romanized as JS-2The series name is an abbreviation of the name Joseph Stalin (russian: Иосиф Сталин); IS-2 is a direct transliteration of the Russian abbreviation, while JS-2 is an abbreviation of ...

tank was installed.

Transportation

Connected by a road with the village of

Krabozavodskoye Krabozavodskoye (russian: Крабозаводское), also known as Anama ( ja, 穴澗; Anama), is a village ('' selo'') in Yuzhno-Kurilsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontine ...

. On January 1, 2016, for the first time in history of the island, public transport began to operate on it - the bus "s.Krabozavodskoye - Malokurilskoye." The route is served by two PAZ buses owned by Shikotansky Vodokanal LLC.

Gallery

References

External links

Official website of the "Ostrovnoy" Canning Factory
{{Authority control Rural localities in Sakhalin Oblast