Nevel’sk, Russia
Невельск
Nevel’sk is a town of 17,000 people in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, founded in 1901.
Why visit Nevel’sk
Townapedia lists 10 museums and landmarks, 1 park or trail, 1 place to eat and 5 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Невельский краеведческий музей and Lenin.
Weather in Nevel’sk
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About Nevel’sk
Nevelsk (Russian: Не́вельск; Japanese: 本斗町, Honto-chō) is a port town and the administrative center of Nevelsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the southwest coast of the Sakhalin Island, 123 kilometers (76 mi) from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 11,682 (2010 census); 18,639 (2002 census); 24,236 (1989 Soviet census).
From the Wikipedia article Nevelsk (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do5
Museums and landmarks10
Невельский историко-краеведческий музей
Museum · 0.9 km
115 Рыбацкая улица, Невельск
Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Restaurants and cafes1
History
The first Russian settlers founded a village on the present site of Nevelsk in 1789. The region was the site of a struggle for control between the Russians and Japanese. After the Treaty of Shimoda officially transferred the southern Kuril Islands to Japan in 1855, the settlement was placed under joint Russian-Japanese administration under the name Honto (derived from the Ainu language).
Honto reverted to complete Russian administration in 1875, as the Treaty of Saint Petersburg gave control of all the Kuril Islands to Japan, in exchange for complete Russian sovereignty over the island of Sakhalin. It then returned to Japanese rule in 1905, after the Treaty of Portsmouth ceded southern Sakhalin to Japan to end the Russo-Japanese War.
Sakhalin's first ice-free harbor was constructed here between 1916 and 1927, and the settlement developed as a center for the local fishing industry.
The end of World War II saw the Soviet Army retake the full island of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. The settlement was granted town status in 1947 under its present name, in honor of Admiral Gennady Nevelskoy.
The town was damaged by an earthquake in 2007 (near the Tatar Strait), leaving about two thousand people homeless.
From the History section of Nevelsk on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Churches and places of worship2
Храм Рождества Пресвятой Богородицы
Church · Orthodox · 0.7 km
50 Нагорный переулок
Церковь иконы Божией Матери "Призри на смирение"
Church · Russian Orthodox · 1.5 km
15 Береговая улица
Schools, colleges and libraries4
Healthcare2
Map of Nevel’sk
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Getting there and nearby towns
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Homutovo) (UUS) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 70 km away.
- Gornozavodsk 13 km south, about 13 min by car
- Shebunino 28 km south, about 28 min by car
- Pravda 31 km north, about 31 min by car
- Kholmsk 43 km north, about 43 min by car
- Aniva 52 km east, about 52 min by car
- Yablochnyy 55 km north, about 55 min by car
- Troitskoye 65 km northeast, about 1 h by car
- Korsakov 71 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 74 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Sinegorsk 74 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Nevelsk Panorama 30.12.2009, Creator:Prudent, CC BY 3.0
- Памятник невельскому на ул ленина в невельске, Юрочкин Роман, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Памятник ленину на площади около музея в невельске, Юрочкин Роман, CC BY-SA 4.0
- РЖД Невельск 2016-06 6, Сергей Болашенко, CC BY-SA 3.0
- РЖД Невельск 2016-06 3, Сергей Болашенко, CC BY-SA 3.0
- РЖД ТГ16-077 2016-06 Невельск 3, Сергей Болашенко, CC BY-SA 3.0
- РЖД Невельск 2016-06 4, Сергей Болашенко, CC BY-SA 3.0
- РЖД Невельск 2016-06, Сергей Болашенко, CC BY-SA 3.0
- РЖД ТГ16-077 2016-06 Невельск, Сергей Болашенко, CC BY-SA 3.0
- РЖД Невельск 2016-06 2, Сергей Болашенко, CC BY-SA 3.0
- РЖД Невельск 2016-06 5, Сергей Болашенко, CC BY-SA 3.0
- РЖД ТГ16-077 2016-06 Невельск 4, Сергей Болашенко, CC BY-SA 3.0
- РЖД ТГ16-077 2016-06 Невельск 2, Сергей Болашенко, CC BY-SA 3.0
- ТУ7 Горняк-1 в порту Невельск 2016-06, Сергей Болашенко, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Памятник погибшим морякам, ZEVSNIKA, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Памятник погибшим рыбакам, ZEVSNIKA, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Линия Невельск - Шахта-Сахалинская 2016-06, Сергей Болашенко, CC BY-SA 3.0
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