Urban okrug Tymovsky Urban Okrug | Administrative center of Tymovsky Urban Okrug | |
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Tymovskoye (Russian: Ты́мовское) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Tymovsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located in the central part of the Sakhalin Island on the right bank of the Tym River, about 450 kilometers (280 mi) north of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Population: 7,855 (2010 Census); 8,532 (2002 Census); 10,869 (1989 Census).
Contents
- Map of Tymovskoye Sakhalin Oblast Russia 694400
- History
- Administrative and municipal status
- Economy
- Transportation
- Notable people
- References
Map of Tymovskoye, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, 694400
History
It was founded in 1880 by Anton Derbin as Derbinskoye, as a place of exile for prisoners in the Russian Empire. The writer Anton Chekhov visited Derbinskoye in 1890 during his travel through Sakhalin and described it in his book, Sakhalin Island. During the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, the area around Derbinskoye was occupied by Japanese troops, and then again after the October Revolution of 1917. The Bolsheviks did not regain control over northern Sakhalin until May 1925.
Derbinskoye became the administrative center of Rykovsky District in 1928. The settlement was given its present name of November 15, 1949.
Under Joseph Stalin, Tymovskoye was home to a prison camp of the gulag system. In 1950-1953, this particular camp was the base for forced labor used in the construction of a railway connecting the planned tunnel between Sakhalin and the Russian mainland with the existing Sakhalin rail network.
In 1963, Tymovskoye was granted urban-type settlement status.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tymovskoye serves as the administrative center of Tymovsky District and is subordinated to it. As a municipal division, the urban-type settlement of Tymovskoye and twenty-four rural localities of Tymovsky District are incorporated as Tymovsky Urban Okrug.
Economy
The main industries in the town today are timber production and food processing.
Transportation
The settlement is served by the narrow gauge Sakhalin Railway, with a station (named Tymovsk) on the line leading north towards Nogliki. Construction of the rail line reached Tymovskoye in the 1970s. The largest locomotive depot for the northern section of the rail line is located here.
The R487 road from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk to Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky via Poronaysk also passes through Tymovskoye. The road to Nogliki and Okha on the east coast of the island also branches here, following the Tym downstream.