During World War II, the Soviet Second Far Eastern Front, commanded by Marshal Vasilevsky of the Soviet Army, launched an offensive on Sakhalin Island on the morning of August 11, 1945, crossing the 50° north latitude demarcation line into the southern part of Sakhalin Island. After fierce fighting, the Soviet Pacific Fleet Marines occupied Dapo and other places, and on the 25th, the Soviet army entered and occupied Fengyuan (now the seat of the Sakhalin Oblast Government in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) and other places, and the war on South Sakhalin Island ended. At the seafront site of The present Dapo, the monument to the expeditionary force set up by the Japanese is lying in the grass, the bunker built by the Japanese army has also been destroyed, and the monument of loyalty erected by the Japanese here has also been torn down by the Russians. In October 1946, soviet authorities began to repatriate the Japanese on the island, and until 1950 a small number of people were repatriated. During the repatriation process, all belongings were forcibly left behind, and Neither Japanese nor Soviet currency was allowed to carry. Since then, Japan's "Birch Island" has completely become the Soviet Union's Sakhalin Island.
As the original inhabitants of Sakhalin Island, the Ainu, Nivhe, Hezhe, and Orenchun ethnic groups have been persecuted by Japan and Russia for a long time, and some of them have moved inland to the lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River, some have suffered diseases and war damage, and a small number of others have become a very small minority in the local area. Before the Soviets occupied Sakhalin Island, the island was the largest destination for Tsarist exiles. After the Soviet army occupied the island, it successively migrated Russians, Ukrainians, Tatars, Belarusians, etc., so that more than 96% of the total population of the island is currently Russian.
Sakhalin Island, as the pearl of Northeast Asia, an important navigation port connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic Ocean, Asia and the Americas, with its beautiful scenery and rich resources, is now highly valued by Russians. In the center of The city centre of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk there is a large group of statues of martyrs, martyrs' monuments and military parks. All this is intended to declare Russia's confidence in the protection of force and its long-term presence here. China has lost its jurisdiction over the area for a long time and has been ceded by unequal treaties, especially since the island is no longer supported by the number of ethnic Chinese people. Sakhalin Island, a beautiful and rich treasure island, has become a wound in China's modern and modern history that is difficult to heal.
The monument to the land of the Japanese Expeditionary Force that was pushed down
Monument to the Russian Martyrs
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Military Park