Sakhalin Region 10 rubles 2006 MMD

Sakhalin Region 10 rubles 2006 MMD

Sakhalin region - a unique region in the Russian Federation, t. To. The fully located on the islands. In addition to the Sakhalin Island in the region including nearby beside him Moneron and seals, and the Kuril Islands. The region is located in the waters of the two seas (the Okhotsk and Japan) and the Pacific. Over 10,000 km separate the region from the capital, the difference in time is 7-8 hours, t. To. The area is in two time zones.

The first traveler who studied are located in the Pacific Ocean north of the island, was Marco Polo. Russian Empire, intrigued Polo brought information, in 1639, the year Cossack fitted out an expedition led Moskvitina. In 1640, the year the Russian tsars received the first information about the peoples inhabiting Sakhalin.

In 1719-1721-m respectively to the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin headed Russian surveyors Evreinov and Luzhin. The result of their journey was the card Greater Kurile chain and Kamchatka. Later, the island began to visit the European and Japanese researchers have begun military conflicts for the possession of the region. Just a few of the Kuril Islands is still debate with Japan.

Prior to the 20th century, Sakhalin was a place of exile and prison with hard labor, and only after 1906 there appeared the first voluntary immigrants.

The main difficulty of everyday life on the islands is a high volcanic and seismic activity. Only on the Kuril Islands is known about 160 volcanoes, of which forty are active.

The area is rich in hydrocarbons (ranked fourth in the Russian Federation), the biological resources of the sea (in the first place). However, the extreme conditions of life and production hinder the development of the region.

The reverse in the center is an image of the coat of arms of the Sakhalin area. The coat of arms depicts a heraldic shield, which is depicted in the center of the ship sailing on the waves, the left and right, respectively, shows the volcano with flames coming out of the vents. The top of the ring at the edge of the rim - "Russian Federation" at the bottom - "the Sakhalin region". The inscriptions are separated by two points.

Release date August 1, 2006