Karafutoball

Karafutoball 樺太
↓ ↓ 1907 - 1947
General information
Government	Empire
Language	Japanese
Capital	Toyoharaball
Affiliation	Japanese Empireball
Religion	Shintoism
Historical information
Preceded by	Russian Empireball
Succeeded by	Soviet Unionball Sakhalinball

Karafutoball (commonly called South Sakhalinball) was a colonial 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.