Karafutoball (commonly called South Sakhalinball) was a prefectureball of Japanese Empireball after the Russo-Japanese War on southern Sakhalinball island from 1905 to 1945.
Through the Treaty of Portsmouth, the portion of Sakhalin Island south of 50°N became a colony of Japanese Empireball in 1905. In 1907, the prefecture of Karafuto was established, with its capital at Ōtomari (now Korsakov) in 1905, and later Toyohara (now Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) in 1907. In 1945, with the defeat of Japan in World War II, Karafuto was occupied by Soviet troops and its Japanese administration ceased to function. Karafuto Prefecture was formally abolished as a legal entity on June 1, 1949, and was gobbled up by Soviet Unionball. Since 1951, the southern part of Sakhalin has been a part of Sakhalin Oblast in Russiaball.
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The Great Empire of | |
Administrations | Japanese Koreaball • Japanese Taiwanball |
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Kwantung Leased Territoryball • East Hebeiball • Provisional Government of Republic of Chinaball • Reformed Government of the Republic of Chinaball • Great Wayball • Manchukuoball • Empire of Vietnamball • Kingdom of Luang Phrabangball • Kingdom of Kampucheaball • State of Burmaball • Second Philippine Republicball • Reorganized National Government of the Republic of Chinaball • Mengjiangball | |
Colonies | Karafutoball • Japanese Tietsinball • Yamato Yukiharaball |
Mandates | South Pacific Mandateball |