| Nevelsk (English) Невельск (Russian) |
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Location of Sakhalin Oblast in Russia |
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| Town Day | Third Sunday of September |
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakhalin Oblast |
| Administrative center of | Nevelsky District |
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| Urban okrug | Nevelsky Urban Okrug |
| Mayor | Vladimir Pak |
| Representative body | Town Duma |
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| Population (2010 Census, preliminary) |
11,667 inhabitants[1] |
| Population (2002 Census) | 18,639 inhabitants[1] |
| Founded | 1789 |
| Postal code(s) | 694740 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 424 36 |
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Nevelsk (Russian: Невельск; Japanese: 本斗, Honto) is a port town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the southwest coast of the Sakhalin Island, 123 kilometers (76 mi) from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Population: 11,667 (2010 Census preliminary results);[2] 18,639 (2002 Census);[1] 24,236 (1989 Census).[3]
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The first Russian settlers founded a village on the present site of Nevelsk in 1789. The region was the site of a struggle for control between the Russians and Japanese. After the treaty of Shimoda officially transferred the southern Kuril Islands to Japan in 1855, the settlement was placed under joint Russian-Japanese administration under the name Honto.
Honto reverted to complete Russian administration in 1875, as the Treaty of Saint Petersburg gave control of all the Kuril Islands to Japan, in exchange for complete Russian sovereignty over the island of Sakhalin. It then returned to Japanese rule in 1905, after the Treaty of Portsmouth ceded southern Sakhalin to Japan to end the Russo-Japanese War.
Sakhalin's first ice-free harbor was constructed here between 1916 and 1927, and the settlement developed as a center for the local fishing industry.
The end of World War II saw the Soviet Army retake the full island of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. The settlement was granted town status in 1947 under its present name, in honor of Admiral Gennady Nevelskoy.
The town was damaged by the 2007 Sakhalin earthquake, leaving about two thousand people homeless.[4]
The town's economy relies largely on fishing and associated industries. Due to relatively warm ocean currents, the town is located in the mildest climactic zone on the island of Sakhalin, making possible agriculture in the surrounding region. There have been recent efforts to develop the area as a tourist area for marine animal viewing, diving and yachting.
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