Tymovskoye
| Tymovskoye (English) Тымовское (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Sakhalin Oblast in Russia |
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| Administrative status (as of December 2011) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakhalin Oblast |
| Administrative district | Tymovsky District |
| Administrative center of | Tymovsky District |
| Municipal status (as of July 2012) | |
| Urban okrug | Tymovsky Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Tymovsky Urban Okrug |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 7,855 inhabitants |
| Time zone | MAGT (UTC+11:00) |
| Founded | 1880 |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1963 |
| Previous names | Derbinskoye (until November 15, 1949) |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 42447 |
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).
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.
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