In the village of Golovnino, in the southern part of the island of Kunashir, a new educational facility, a school and kindergarten complex, was solemnly opened, the press service of the government of the Sakhalin region reported on April 5. .
The complex, which will be visited by young residents of Golovnino and the neighboring village of Dubovoe, includes a 60-seat school with catering service, dining room, function and sports halls, as well as a 40-seat nursery school. The latter includes fully equipped groups and heated walking terraces. On the adjacent territory there is a soft-surface stadium, a football field, volleyball and basketball courts, running tracks and a training area.
“It is very important that, by decision of local residents, the new educational institution is named after the famous Russian navigator Pyotr Ricord. At the beginning of the 19th century, he, in particular, devoted himself to the description of the Southern Kuril Islands. More than 200 years have passed, but we must remember the founding fathers, the people who made an invaluable contribution to the study of our small homeland.”“said the mayor of the municipality “South Kuril Urban District” Pavel Gomilevsky.
Let us remember that Kunashir is the southernmost island of the Great Kuril Islands. According to the federal structure of Russia, it is part of the Sakhalin region as part of the Yuzhno-Kurilsky district within the administrative-territorial structure of the region and as part of the South Kuril urban district as part of the municipal structure of the region. . Russian ownership of the island is disputed by Japan, which considers it part of its Nemuro district in Hokkaido prefecture.
At 6 a.m. on September 1, 1945, during the Kuril operation, Soviet troops landed on the island. Six hours later, the Sovinformburo announced the occupation of Kunashir Island by Soviet troops and ships of the fleet and the liberation of all the Kuril Islands from Japanese troops.
After World War II in 1945, Kunashir became part of the USSR.
Kunashir is separated by the Izmena Strait from the Notsuke Peninsula (Japan), located 16 km to the southwest.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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