Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Walking City Tour with 2 Museums and Zoo FES01

Overview

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk city was founded in 1882 as a settlement of convicts Vladimirovka (since the middle of XIX c. Sakhalin Island was the place of exile for prisoners sentenced to “katorga”, penal colony for hard labor like Australia in British Empire). In 1890 great Russian writer Anton Chekhov spent three months at the Sakhalin Island interviewing thousands of convicts and settlers for a census. Some later Anton Chekhov wrote a publicist book “Sakhalin Island”. The Sakhalin Island located between Japan and Russia was the object of colonization, development and struggle between these great nations during long period in XIX-XX cc. After defeat of Russia in Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) through the Treaty of Portsmuth (New Hampshire, USA) the Southern part of Sakhalin Island was joined to Japan. In 1907-1945 (till the defeat of Japan in The World War II) Japanese Karafuto Prefecture existed there. You still can see a lot of Japanese administrative and business buildings, Shinto churches kept in Sakhalin.

Itinerary

During 4-hour Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk walking city tour you will see a lot of interesting places. You will visit Regional Museum of Local Lore located at the historic building of Japanese Museum of Karafuto Prefecture (1937) and presenting nature, ethnography and history of the Sakhalin Island, Museum of Anton Chekhov’s book “Sakhalin Island” devoted to Anton Chekhov’s stay on the Sakhalin Island and to his book written as the result of it, the Resurrection Cathedral, the main Orthodox church at the Sakhalin, the Cathedral of the Nativity, WW II memorial at the Place of Glory, Gagarin Park (formed Oji Park) laid on base of natural landscapes in Japanese period (1906) and the largest in Russian Far East Zoo and Botanical Park presenting not only local flora and fauna but also animals collected from different parts of the world.

Rates

Price, EUR per person

Language	1 pax	2 pax	3 pax	4 pax	5 pax	6 pax	7 pax	8 pax	9 pax
English, Japanese	160	87	63	57	44	39	36	33	31

All the costs are valid at the date of publication and are subject to reconfirmation at the time of booking.

It’s possible to arrange guides with other languages upon request.