The History of Sakhalin

Learn the history of Sakhalin, a large island in the Russian Far East at the crossroads of many cultures and civilizations.
00:00 Intro
00:03 Prehistoric Sakhalin
01:48 Sakhalin under Mongol hegemony
02:35 Sakhalin under Ming hegemony
03:07 Sakhalin under Qing hegemony
05:03 Russo-Japanese rivalry
05:27 Division of Sakhalin
05:47 Contemporary Sakhalin
06:41 End credits
"Kalimba Relaxation Music"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@TheDragonHistorian]

Thank you for watching! Two glaring errors have been pointed out: -Russia's oblasts were called governorates under the Empire. -Neftegorsk was destroyed in an earthquake in 1995; for some reason it still shows up on Google Maps so I got confused. It was also known as Vostok between 1963 and 1970.

[@wallrider4194]

Ok that’s okay but I have a suggestion, can you please make the timurids and Mughals history? I would appreciate it, btw epic video!

[@the_feedle]

Shoutout to the 3 remaining Ainu of the island

[@seapickle4119]

The masculine urge to learn about the history of Sakhalin .

[@MissSaenz0211]

The feminine urge to also learn about the history of Sakhlin.

[@auburntiger6829]

Some of you are right to point out that Sakhalin had plenty of opportunities to found its own nation-state before the 1860s, since no empire had established de facto control. However, this didn't or couldn't happen for 3 simple reasons: (1) Sakhalin was too damn cold, with little useful resources before industrialization; (2) the population of the native inhabitants was too small; and (3) Poor logistics and connectivity with Mainland Asia and the Japanese Archipelago, resulting in little trade and technological transfer. In summary, the land was harsh, there's not enough people, and it's too far away from everyone else.

[@maplered5042]

I live in Sakhalin and it's not such cold as everyone thought. In summer you can easily sleep on street and don't get cold. And also winter became more soft with every year

[@jorgeabrahamhernandez1209]

​@@maplered5042Que regrese La Unión soviética nuevo estado integrados es mongolia China Corea del Norte Corea del Sur Japón y Taiwán sería parte de Rusia en los futuros próximos Con democracia Con comunismo Con amor se paga todo Con amor al pueblo Unido 🐻🇷🇺🐻 Братство навеки бесконечное за пределами вселенной - это Мексика и Россия filandia y Suecia y Noruega Afganistán Polonia Nepal Bután sería parte de Rusia en los futuros próximos Ya verás que sí 🙂 lo positivo es lo más importante del universo 😍🌟🌠🙌 amén amén

[@mexicobasado8177]

​@@maplered5042which is the average temperature on winter mornings?

[@maplered5042]

@@mexicobasado8177 from -8 to +2, usually. Can be a little bit warmer or colder. It's rare to see temperature colder that -15

[@DiMacky24]

The climate of Sakhalin is not too unlike Norway, Finland, or the Maritimes of Canada. The people that settled there just were not motivated to unify, which is what Scandinavia was like for most of Norse history until certain families acquired enough power to establish hegemony.

[@tomastomastomas1521]

Its amazing how empires up until qing seem to never cared about this island

[@Little-chilli]

如果你知道这里冬天零下四十度就不奇怪了。

[@Little-chilli]

而且一千四百年前中国就知道有库页岛和堪察加半岛以及千岛群岛。但是没有开发价值，只是册封了当地的民族政权而已。你可以了解一下朝贡体系。

[@lucasvanderhoeven3760]

I mean you can’t really blame those earlier empires, nothing much to find on that island really

[@mimorisenpai8540]

Sakhalin not that fertile land

[@user-wb7ur4yp6z]

It’s a harsh place and before industrial revolution it was hard to develop

[@sillyliftercentral]

i’ve always been super interested in sakhalin for some reason, so thanks for making this!

[@xiaoxaxo]

sakhalin has always fascinated me. thank you for the video!

[@Zymo3614]

Man perfect timing, literally just searched this now, haha good video dude!

[@FenyaLeonidov]

Очень качественное и хорошее видео про историю Сахалина. Мне как жителю города Южно-Сахалинска очень нравится это видео. Привет с Сахалина:)

[@grismuerto]

are you russian though?

[@FenyaLeonidov]

​@@grismuertoYes

[@lavenderempress]

Toyohara* that weird Russian name is fake. Also you live on the island of karafuto

[@benito_mussolini45]

Как давно приехал на Сахалин?

[@FenyaLeonidov]

@@benito_mussolini45 Я тут живу с рождения

[@TimofeiNeznanov]

Man, thank you for the video! Always a pleasure to see my homeland on youtube 🙂 Quality and accuracy are also very high!

[@lavenderempress]

Your homeland of toyohara?

[@YoussefDaanBenAmor]

Good that Sakhalin is done! its very well made if i might add! Is a video on the entire history of Hokkaido maybe possible now?

[@umas6100]

Has already been

[@TheDragonHistorian]

Thanks! The Continental Cartographer has already made a very good video on Hokkaido, but I'd love to try my hand at it at some point as well

[@yoshino_is_righthere]

One of the few Islands in the world with 3 different names😂 China🇨🇳：Kuye Island (库页岛) Japan🇯🇵：Karafuto Island (樺太島) Russia🇷🇺：Sakhalin Island

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

im sure the Nivkh, Ainu, and Oroks will give a different name as well

[@gnjc3480]

​@@xXxSkyViperxXxAnd Sakhalin Koreans too. I think the Korean name is 와태 (WaTae) or something similar.

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

@@gnjc3480 is 와태 (WaTae) the korean reading of the japanese kanji name 樺太

[@lavenderempress]

The only real one is karafuto because Ainu are Japanese related and Russians have no right to be there

[@user-ol7zx9zb2l]

@@lavenderempress 🤡

[@x-hero7757]

Very good video,спасибо!

[@UltraWorlds]

Incredible detail

[@kiiroiyellow]

Amazing video

[@user-pz9ds3ul6r]

The rulers of the Sakhalin region in Russian empire. Andreas Peter Heinrich Ginze (The head of the island) 1884-1888 Vladimir Iosifovich Konovich 1888-1893 Vladimir Dmitrievich Merkazin (Since 1894 military governorship) 1893-1898 Michail Nikolaevich Lyapunov 1898-1906 Arkady Michailovich Valuev (Since 1909 governor) 1906-1910 Dmitry Dmitrievich Grigoriev 1910-1916 Friedrich Friedrichovich Bunge (since 1916 Vice-Governor) 1916-1917

[@user-pz9ds3ul6r]

The rulers of Sakhalin region during the Civil War in Russia Evgeny Fedorovich Alekseevsky (Legal Governor) 1916-1917 Alexander Trofimovich Tsapko (Regional Commisioner) 06.03.1917-02.11.1917 Vladimir Michailovich Porvatov 1917-1918 The collective self-government of Sakhalin island 1918-1920 Rafail Abramovich Shishlyannikov (since 12.01.1920 chairman of the Regional Revolutionary Commitet) and Alexander Trofimovich Tsapko (since 13.01.1920 chairman of the Military Revolutionary Commitet) 1920-09.03.1920

[@user-pz9ds3ul6r]

Representatives of the Sakhalin Government 1925-1945/46 Chairman of the Sakhalin District Revolutionary Commitet : Shishlyannikov Rafail Abramovich 1925-1926 Nevolin Alexander Nikitich 1926-1927 Lebedev Evgeny Vladimirovich 1927-21. 01 1929 Chairman of the Executive Commitet of the Sakhalin District Council: Lebedev Evgeny Vladimirovich january 1929-october 1929 Kurpel Antony Michailovich 1929-1930 Turok Samuil Veniaminovich 1930- march 1932 Melnikov Michail Pavlovich march-july 1932 Chelnokov Alexander Alexandrovich july-november 1932 Responsible secretarie of the Sakhalin District Organizational Bureu of the Communist Party: Rudakov Nikolay Georgievich 1925-1926 Sedov Nikolay Ivanovich 1926-1927 Koniukov Philipp Jakovlevich 1927-1928 Responsible secretarie of the Sakhalin District Commitet com. parties: Koniukov Philipp Jakovlevich 1928-1930 Ivanov Nicolay Ivanovich 1930-1932 Responsible secretarie of the Sakhalin Regional Party Commitet: Ivanov Nicolay Ivanovich 1932-1934 The first secretary of the Sakhalin District Party Commitet: P. N.(?) Uliansky 1934-1938 The first secretaries of the Sakhalin Regional Party Commitet: Ph. V. (?) Bespalko 1938-1939 G. I. (?) Shatalin 1939-1940 Alexey Michailovich Spiridonov 1940-1943 I. D. (?) Chizhov 1943-1945 Dmitry Nikolaevich Melnik 1945-1946

[@raybradbury2954]

When Russia gained access to the island, alarming music began - not surprised

[@yuukinishimura9346]

So relaxing❤

[@CARL_093]

thanks bro

[@thatguyshawzy]

I have always found this island intriguing, its so unrecognised in history

[@user-bo7oi9dy7p]

Even I, a Japanese, did not know about Kushunkotan. great video

[@mikaelk.l.4372]

Very Nice

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

3??! Ainu, 5000?! Nivkhs, 300?! Oroks. pls tell me these are underestimates of the reality there in Sakhalin. the historical land where Nivkhs were mostly in and the Ainu and Oroks had centuries of history at, now reduced to just that... too sad

[@ommsterlitz1805]

such is the russian way copied from the british way in it's colonies

[@user-cl7pm7zm3x]

@@ommsterlitz1805if isle was japanese there would not be any indigenous at all

[@ommsterlitz1805]

i know andrei @@user-cl7pm7zm3x

[@brigantiasmemerepository6439]

Weak people get conquered and replaced by stronger people.

[@semi-useful5178]

@@ommsterlitz1805 I think it was more the Soviets forcing them onto collective farms.

[@beans00001]

This is truly the history of Sakhalin

[@user-nk1py3jo8k]

항상 지도를 볼때 사할린섬의 모양이 신비롭다고 생각했습니다. 중국 당나라 시절 사할린에서 당나라에게 조공을 받친 기록이 있었고 당나라 사절단이 1번 파견간 기록이 있는데 병력이 1만 5천명을 보유하고 있다고 기록한 것을 보았습니다. 하지만 그게 처음이자 마지막 기록 . 그 이후 사료가 없고 일본 기록에도 사할린에는 왕국이라는 것이 없었습니다. 미지의 섬

[@FenyaLeonidov]

In 1995, the city of Neftegorsk was destroyed by an earthquake, as a result of which it was abolished

[@Anthony-hh3dl]

Сахалин/薩哈林 is not Russian language but Manchurian language, the mean is black.

[@niki6969.]

My beautiful homeland❤

[@jinyoungmysteria193]

What programs did you use to create? The content quality is amazing, and I'd like to learn how to make something like this to create content videos about my own fantasy world!

[@TheDragonHistorian]

I used QGIS for the base map, Photoshop for image editing, and Premiere Pro for video editing. Best of luck with your projects!

[@jinyoungmysteria193]

@@TheDragonHistorian Thank you!

[@wallrider4194]

Can you please make a history of the timurids, the timurids and Mughals, please? I would appreciate that! Btw nice video! Edit: OH MY GOD I AM POPULAR NOW 😃

[@andrefarfan4372]

Awesome video.

[@spaghettiking7312]

Thanks, king.

[@TheDragonHistorian]

No problem, spaghetti king

[@Neugeuza]

Nice!!!!!

[@StudioUAC]

i always found it odd that Japan only controlled half of the island at a time.

[@revinhatol]

1920-1925

[@cho2145]

The reason is that there are originally more Japanese people in South Sakhalin and more Russians in North Sakhalin.

[@czmonja]

​@@cho2145 ты не прав. Это не влияло. Японцы в июле 1905 захватили весь остров

[@czmonja]

У Российской империи была хорошая дипломатия. Договорились на половину острова. В Японии потом в связи с этим были протесты

[@Hungarian_ball_]

Thank you!!!

[@mikema1910]

史圖館成員路過，您的視頻很詳細！

[@revinhatol]

What about the time from 1920 to 1925 when the ENTIRE island of Sakhalin was administered by Japan?

[@TheDragonHistorian]

Northern Sakhalin is colored light orange for those years, denoting Japanese occupation

[@revinhatol]

@@TheDragonHistorian Thx

[@usuarioanonimo5899]

Fun fact: In far-east Russia, like Vladivostok and Sakhalin, have many ethinic Ukrainians, the Sakhalin governor Limarenko have a Ukrainian surname.

[@YourSocialistAutomaton]

Many russians are ukrainian Russia is multiethnic

[@Admin-gm3lc]

Third highest political figure in Russia, Matvienko is an ethic ukrainian from the west Ukraine. And second, PM Mishustin is a jew.

[@radziwill7193]

Fun fact. The Ukrainian ethnic group does not exist. This is a Russian or Turkic ethnicity.

[@maplered5042]

It's mostly because Sakhalin was a reservation for criminals. Many people from all USSR was departed to this island

[@user-yb1vk4it5t]

​​@@maplered5042 Russian (Русский): вообще-то, заселение Дальнего Востока началось ещё при Российской Империи и проводили его Донские казаки, которые, завоёвывая земли Сибири и Дальнего Востока, получали какую-то часть от них себе во владения. Чуть позже туда стали переселять потомков Запорожских казаков - жителей Причерноморья и Центральных областей современной Украины English (Английский): in fact, the settlement of the Far East began during the Russian Empire and was carried out by the Don Cossacks, who, having conquered the lands of Siberia and the Far East, received some part of them for their possession. A little later, the descendants of the Zaporozhye Cossacks - residents of the Black Sea region and the Central regions of modern Ukraine - began to be resettled there.

[@User-darkmemefactory]

It is shocking that sakhalins total gdp is more higher than mongol..

[@achtungbaby2009]

oil & gas export$

[@Anwoo]

Any ideas of Nanais or Kilis?

[@ghoguan8471]

Music at the end

[@NorthernCapitalMapping]

OUCH... 5:06 Seeing Jilin province lose its access to the Sea of Japan forever and sealing its fate as a landlocked province since 1860 just hurts even though I'm not from Jilin 🥲🥲

[@Yuqiqiqi]

im manchurian and it was a big L for sure, many of my family still remained in what we called outer manchuria till late soviet times, where they mainly moved to south korea or back to heilongjjiang.

[@NorthernCapitalMapping]

@@Yuqiqiqi 那么你的前辈们住在外东北的时候，他们住的地方还有汉语名还是满语名对吧。不像现今的外东北，几乎完全被俄化了

[@Yuqiqiqi]

@@NorthernCapitalMapping 大多数地名从那里改为俄语满语或中文原文。我的家人在那里保留了名字，并在那里称呼后代的中文名字。in round 1960s- 1970s, it was hard for them to live in the russian side for reasons one witch was there manchu/ chineese culture still intact so moved back to where most my family lived in heihe or to south korea,

[@apucer4102]

有出海口，就不叫日本海了，古称鲸海

[@NorthernCapitalMapping]

@@apucer4102 收复外东北，地名复汉名

[@riko_sandokan]

New profile picture?

[@TheDragonHistorian]

Just the dragon's Halloween costume 🎃

[@K.kuku1]

It is interesting to note that the Qing did not have full influence on Sakhalin.

[@nico_the_cat]

Привет с Охи, Северный Сахалин

[@NanobanaKinako]

History of Manila please!

[@canadagoose188]

Interesting how the mongols were actually the first big empire to reach there

[@therilgamer]

Can You do Indonesia next?

[@LibrarianSankore]

You know, I didn't know that the Nikh people used Iron until now.

[@timofeybeysaron]

History of Egypt, please

[@timofeybeysaron]

Ok

[@mint8648]

@@timofeybeysarondid you forget to change accounts

[@usuarioanonimo5899]

Fun fact: Sakhalin is know by "The Russian Hawaii"

[@quiquemarquez3211]

Why? Because they forced Japan out of the island like the USA occupied the Hawaiian Kingdom?

[@Admin-gm3lc]

@@quiquemarquez3211 You are writing like it's Japanese native land or something. At least the Nivkhs, original people, are chilling there. They are even exempted of some taxes and can get retirement early.

[@radziwill7193]

Fun fact. The Russians were the first to colonize Hawaii.

[@quiquemarquez3211]

@@Admin-gm3lc I was not condoning Japanese Occupation just trying to make sense of whatever nonsense the guy above was implying, indeed I am glad that the Nivkh survive even if the Russian census cannot be trusted and 5000 is a very small number like at least they are not like the 3 Ainu left in the island or the 295 Oroks. Do not know if it is a matter of celebration that the native peoples of Sakhalin have been reduced so much, Russia won at the end and that means Russification,death and cultural suppression.

[@quiquemarquez3211]

@@radziwill7193 Blatant Misinformation more like, say hello to the Bayonet Constitution.

[@user-pu3km3sw6b]

혹시 동아시아 말고도 서아시아 역사도 해주실 수 있나요? 히타이트 제국이 보고 싶네요

[@user-mv7xi1ey4z]

Sakhalin was Russian-Japanese condominium in 1855-1875 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Shimoda

[@user-sy4hn7vz5i]

극동의 역사를 알 수 있을까요?

[@user-sy4hn7vz5i]

나는 극동 지역에서 러시아에 살고 있습니다.

[@YourSocialistAutomaton]

SAKHALIN IS RUSSIAN RAHHH

[@The_name105]

Wow, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is very complex.

[@Aobtodd]

Imagine contending for territories all over Russian far east through the early 1900s only for the Soviets to show up after ww2 and be like I had enough of your bs and take everything north of Japan that isn't mainland Japan it's kinda funny

[@user-sq6xl7ge5z]

南樺太は正確には帰属未定地だよー

[@vaga-anima]

ロシアの法律が適用される未定義の土地であり、ロシア国民はそこに居住している

[@juanitorodriguez6082]

Come on 50 years has happened and you still don't accept it 😂 Russia 🇷🇺 is your dad 😎

[@user-pz9ds3ul6r]

А где губернаторы Сахалинской области ещё с Российской Империи?

[@mint8648]

Interesting how the Japanese settled on the island as early as the 17th century

[@tomozakiprimez]

6:09 TnT

[@dmitriy_738_]

Primorye is a krai, not an oblast'.

[@juanitorodriguez6082]

Love Russia from Chile 🇨🇱❤️🇷🇺

[@user-pz3qt5cw3s]

Strait of tartary.......

[@OurNomadicAncestor900BCE]

Sakhalin is Tungusic or Ainu (Native Japanese) Nation's Native Island

[@xnjbthqgpzn4oc.xnp1aojspwb53]

Ainu =/= Japanese

[@OurNomadicAncestor900BCE]

@@xnjbthqgpzn4oc.xnp1aojspwb53 Yes, Modern Japanese are nothing with to do Native Japanese. And, u know to my comment first.

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

No, Sakhalin is Nivkh's native island and Nivkh language is Not Tungusic nor Ainuic. the Nivkhs even historically fought the AInu to kick them out and the Oroks only came later. DId you even watch the video??

[@karaqakkzl]

So what now, give the Ainu the Hokkaido island and claim it the Ainu country?

[@OurNomadicAncestor900BCE]

@karaqakkzl I am not talking about Ainu independence.

[@HERNANDOURIBEGUALDRON-oy4pn]

>:( SOVIET UNION

[@user-zf8rr6xq8u]

???

[@jorgeabrahamhernandez1209]

Que regrese La Unión soviética nuevo estado integrados es mongolia China Corea del Norte Corea del Sur Japón y Taiwán sería parte de Rusia en los futuros próximos Con democracia Con comunismo Con amor se paga todo Con amor al pueblo Unido 🐻🇷🇺🐻 Братство навеки бесконечное за пределами вселенной - это Мексика и Россия filandia y Suecia y Noruega Afganistán Polonia Nepal Bután sería parte de Rusia en los futuros próximos Ya verás que sí 🙂 lo positivo es lo más importante del universo 😍🌟🌠🙌 amén amén

[@jorgeabrahamhernandez1209]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@juanitorodriguez6082]

Rusia no necesita esos territorios para ser poderosa, terminarían estorbando le

[@FortuneZer0]

Weird way to spell Karafuto.

[@Masquerade456]

Copium.

[@basedkaiser5352]

Cope harder 😂😂😂😂

[@basedkaiser5352]

e

[@-NewGen]

cry about it

[@low-ne]

日本語は母音+子音で一文字だから、子音単体で使うことがない。 だから無理やりアルファベットにすると変になる。 "+"も英語だったら"plus"だけど、日本語として発音すると"pulasu"になる。

[@Karapto_Ainu]

Sakhalin belongs to Karapto Kamuy Republic

[@crimeaisrussia1]

🤡

[@user-bo7oi9dy7p]

Support

[@juanitorodriguez6082]

Which is part of the Russian Federation off course 😎🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

[@juanitorodriguez6082]

​​​​​​​​@@user-bo7oi9dy7pI support that UK give back north Ireland to Ireland because is a stolen land and Ireland is only one 🇮🇪

[@juanitorodriguez6082]

​​​​​@@user-bo7oi9dy7pand Hawaii definitely deserve to be an independent country and off course they'll have to release Puerto Rico and stay away from Latin America

[@lavenderempress]

Just remember karafuto (Sakhalin) has always been and will always be Japanese no matter how many barbarians inhabit it

[@redacted7060]

Go to Sakhalin and ask the locals there

[@lavenderempress]

@@redacted7060 russians exiled all the ainu and Japanese people from the island after stealing it

[@staskos25]

Tsardom of Russia? Maybe Tsardom of Muscovy? Only Peter 1 later rebrand Muscovia to Russian emp

[@pork_eater_Z666]

иван грозный был "князь всея Руси", ты глупенькая

[@staskos25]

don't understand muscovian language@@pork_eater_Z666

[@redacted7060]

No, it is changed to Russia by Ivan the terrible

[@radziwill7193]

Then it is not the kingdom of Moscow, but the Grand Duchy of Vladimir. Catholics called it Muscovy after the name of the Capital. It’s like calling Eastern Rome as Byzantium, it’s not reliable.

[@pork_eater_Z666]

@@staskos25 про "масковию" пишут пшеки, х-люди и иногда мамбеты, поэтому не ври)

[@ender7278]

Karafuto should be Japanese.

[@quiquemarquez3211]

It should belong to its native peoples(either Ainu,Nivkh or even the Oroks newcomers they are) at the very least but sadly the Japanese and the Russians took care of the poor people. Only 5000 Nivkh, 295 Oroks and 3 Ainus left disgusting stuff.

[@Admin-gm3lc]

Sure because Japan has a population boom so that it's doesn't know where to settle new people

[@cyrilsuperkonar3422]

Cry about it

[@Karapto_Ainu]

No , it's Ainu indigenous people

[@Masquerade456]

Japan should be Russian.

[@usa04993]

南樺太は日本の領土だ

[@juanitorodriguez6082]

Wanna cry? 😂

[@juanitorodriguez6082]

I say that Alaska is Russia 🇷🇺💪🏻

[@user-vs3vd9xi4t]

Айны не японцы😂

[@irwainnornossa4605]

Shakalin in it's entirity belongs to Nippon, as well as Kuril islands. Russia just unlawfuly ocupies it.

[@vaga-anima]

Bruh

[@julewater4571]

ot belongs to china😅

[@mappingshaman5280]

Bro they never owned the northern half of sakhalin and they only owned the southern part for 40 years. Furthermore there are practically no ethnic Japanese there. Why don't you ask the people of sakhalin whom they want to be part of, instead of just flabbergatsting with your western know nothing attitude?

[@basedkaiser5352]

Sakhalin and Kurill Islands belong to Russia.

[@TimofeiNeznanov]

@@mappingshaman5280 Wise words! I'm am from Sakhalin, and its common here to joke about how we should leave Russia and join Japan to get access to their wealth. Although, it's nothing more than a joke and people of Sakhalin are very patriotic towards Russia, even koreans. Only people who are dissatisfied are some younger koreans, who prefer Republic of Korea more than Russia. I myself had 4 ethnic koreans (out of 19 people) in my uni group and 2 of them left the country by repatriation programme.