Sakhalin. Uglegorsk district. Shakhtersk

So we arrived in the city of Shakhtersk. The 5 hour trip is already over. The road was difficult because there was not asphalt everywhere.

On the first day of our trip we went to get acquainted with Shakhtarsk. We climbed a high mountain from where the entire city was visible. Until 1947, it was called Toro (the name is from the Ainu turu “earth”). It was renamed as part of the company to eliminate Japanese names on Sakhalin. Since 1947, the city has been called Shakhtersk. Coal is mined in its vicinity.

In the immediate vicinity of the city there are coal mines (hence the name). Now only one mine is operating, formerly Udarnovskaya, now called Sakhalinugol-6, as well as the Solntsevsky coal mine.

In Shakhrersk there is a narrow-gauge railway of the former SHTU, connecting it with the port in Shakhtersk-2.

This is a coastal seaport that sends coal by ferry to remote parts of the country, making sure that people’s homes are always warm.

There are many enterprises working together to equip coal infrastructure. This is the central processing plant, which is located in the port of Shakhtersk-2.

The next day we went to look at the only airport in the city - 1 of 4 on Sakhalin. It is capable of receiving Yak-40, An-24 and lighter aircraft. Passenger flights are operated to Sovetskaya Gavan and Khabarovsk, since 2010 to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, and since 2013 to Vladivostok.

On the third day of our stay in Shakhtersk, we visited a monument dedicated to the victory over the Japanese militarists.

In 1905, according to the Portsmouth Peace Treaty, which ended the Russian-Japanese War of 1904-1905, the southern part of Sakhalin Island (up to the 50th parallel) went to Japan. The city was founded after 1905 and was called Toro. On August 16, 1945, the first landing force landed at this place under the command of Lieutenant Colonel K.P. Tavkhutdinov. From this place the liberation of the Uglegorsk region from the Japanese militarists began. In 1945 it was returned to Russia. Thank you for the peaceful sky above your head.

In the distance you can see the Shakhterskoye Reservoir.

Here it is - the reservoir of the city of Shakhtersk. From this place water flows into the houses of city residents.

And we walked through the forest near Shakhtersk and collected various edible mushrooms. We came across boletuses, boletuses, flywheels, raw milk mushrooms and boletus mushrooms. The forest is very rich in the gifts of nature - mushrooms.

We also came across fly agarics, but we didn’t pick them, they are poisonous, but even though they are so beautiful.

On the penultimate day of our trip, it was pouring rain in Shakhtersk, but then the sun came out and a miracle of nature appeared in the sky - a rainbow.

If you look closely, you can see that the rainbow that day was double. The one that is lower is bright, and the one that is higher is paler. The mood was simply wonderful from what I saw.

Well, it’s time to go home to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Shakhtersk is a very beautiful city. I liked walking along it. It was a great trip. I hope I'll come back here again.

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Uglegorsk a year after the war. Photo report

Uglegorsk is a small town west of Debaltsevo. By the way, once (before 1958) it was called Khatsepetovka. If you are traveling to Debaltsevo from Donetsk, passing Yenakievo (the hometown of Viktor Yanukovych) or, conversely, if you want to get from there to the capital of the DPR, then you will certainly have to pass through Uglegorsk. The main route passes through this settlement.

To take Debaltsevo, it was necessary to drive the enemy out of this town. He was one of the key players in the Ukrainian defense. Its capture made it possible, in the end, to actually encircle the units of the Ukrainian army in Debaltseve.

Almost a year ago (at the end of January - beginning of February) fierce battles for Uglegorsk began.

To this day, in urban architecture we see the wounds inflicted on him. These are the consequences of artillery shelling.

I have a photograph that shows how my good pre-war friend from Lugansk Inga Shumakova, who joined Igor Plotnitsky’s “Zarya” battalion in 2014, stands near a blue stele with the inscription “Uglegorsk”, which survived the fighting.

And in these photographs you can see that another, approximately the same stele, but located at the entrance to Uglegorsk on the opposite side, was less fortunate. Several large fragments of it, also blue, lie in the grass.

When entering Uglegorsk from Debaltsevo, anyone will show you the famous gray, unremarkable panel Soviet nine-story building. It is located about a kilometer (maybe less) to the left of the highway. There are currently no residents in this house.

From a distance it seems to be intact. True, it is clear that “in the side” at the level of the eighth floor there is a significant hole gaping in it from a shell. However, if we take a closer look, we will see that it is very badly damaged due to the fact that a tank of the DPR army hit it with direct fire.

The house is on the outskirts. Behind him, urban development begins, and in front of him is the steppe, open space.

“She has a very advantageous position. Sitting on the upper floors of the house, you can see the movement of military units storming the city. That’s why a detachment of Ukropov’s snipers and gunners settled there and prevented ours from entering the city. They sat on the roof and upper floors. Therefore, they had to be smoked out from there first with the help of a tank that fired at the upper floors. Then Olkhon’s detachment cleared the nine-story building,” said the driver accompanying me, whose car we were driving.

We also drove past a house near which the head of the DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko, who directly took part in the battles, was wounded in the leg.

This is a three-story beige building. It still stands, despite serious damage. All the ceilings in it were burned or collapsed. In two places - the left corner and in the middle - there are large holes from the first to the third floor. While I was taking photographs, several white jeeps with white OSCE flags drove past me on the road towards Yenakievo.

Literally at the exit from Uglegorsk, a solid and rich private stone house appears before your eyes. Maybe it once housed some kind of establishment. Don't know. There are two breaks in the long stone fence around a house (or group of houses). They appeared, undoubtedly, from tank shots. The fence is covered with inscriptions left by Ukrainians. I noticed among them the following: “Bucha”, “Dynamo Champion”, “PTN PNH”, “Donetsk Yenakievo”. Apparently, one of the militia also left inscriptions. For example, “Death to Bandera”.

Despite the destruction that occurs here and there, the city, in general, lives. People are scurrying up and down the main street, immersed in their worries.

Currently, restoration work is in full swing in the DPR. I think that after some time, traces of the war will disappear from Uglegorsk. Although I would leave several dilapidated houses untouched for the edification of posterity and as a memory of the war.

Alexander Chalenko

Important dates were celebrated in Uglegorsk

City Day and the 75th anniversary of the district were celebrated in Uglegorsk. Residents had been waiting for the holiday for a long time and were preparing for it. Ambitious plans were almost destroyed by a rainy cyclone. Due to bad weather, the cultural and entertainment program in Shakhtersk had to be completely canceled. The young Uglygorsk residents were also left without some active entertainment.

Master classes and the “Photo Drying” art project were moved from the city park under the roof of the Avangard cinema hall. There was also an agricultural exhibition and fair here. Gardeners from the regional center, Boshnyakovo, Lesogorsky, Nikolsky, Krasnopolye, Porechye presented the fruits of their labor: flowers, vegetables and even watermelons.

The kids proudly opened the series of festive events. The traditional “Slider Marathon” took place at the Oktyabr Children’s Culture Centre. 26 girls and boys took to the start line.

This year, not only Uglegorsk, miners and Lesogorsk residents took part in the mini-races, but also guests from the mainland. Some “marathon runners” came to the competition for the second time. For example, Timur Gromak put forward a full protest to the competition last year, but this time he became the champion in his category.

It is worth noting that some families distinguished themselves by their creativity, for which they were separately rewarded in the category “Best costume of a participant and his support group.” Pozhidaev and the flower fairy Ksenia were strewn with daisies Misha Romanov and Zlata Kirillova chose the marine style on this rainy day .

According to the results of the competition in the “Sliders” category, 10-month-old Mikhail Romanov took 1st place, 2nd place went to Vladislava Panferova , 9 months old, and third place went to Bogdan Morash (11 months old). In the “Walkers” category, Evgeny Itskov Bogdan Kovalev took silver , and Dmitry Makarenko . They are all the same age, the boys are 1 year and 3 months old. Among the “runners” Timur Gromak (1.10 years) was in the lead, followed by Ksenia Pozhidaeva (1.11 years), and Daniil Pak (1.9 years) closed the top three.

Each participant in the “Slider Marathon” received a medal, a personalized certificate and a small gift. The winners were awarded diplomas, cups and medals, as well as valuable gifts for their comprehensive development.

The awards ceremony took place on the main stage, where local creative groups performed for several hours. The artists showed a high level of skill, taking only one technical break: to drain the water from the stage roof.

Dozens of outstanding residents took to the stage on this festive day to receive well-deserved awards. Traditionally, the anniversaries of life together were honored: the “golden” families of Styomins, Pyotr Alekseevich and Lyubov Nikolaevna , and Vddovenko - Vladimir Grigoryevich and Valentina Fedorovna , “Rubinov” Sergei Vasilievich and Tatyana Georgievna Zhuchkov , “Pearling” couple Divniy - Oleg Viktorovich and Natalia Viktorovna . In addition, gifts were received by an old resident of the city, 98-year-old Alexander Matveevich Samarin , newborn Miron Nefedov and his mother Veronica , as well as newlyweds Victor and Nadezhda Perepletchikov .

Although there was no holiday in Shakhtersk, the workers of the local cultural center delivered flowers and gifts to everyone. Among the recipients are the family of Flera Yarullovna and Vladimir Ivanovich Kolesnik (45 years of marriage), as well as Larisa Evgenievna and Sergei Semenovich Tolstykh, . A surprise was given to the newlyweds Alexey and Ekaterina Istlyaev , and to the new resident of Shakhtersk - Darina Zamuraeva , whom mother Olga gave birth to on September 5.

By the way, the rain continued throughout the day. But Uglegorsk residents and city guests, armed with umbrellas and a good mood, walked and had fun.

Work collectives together with children solemnly marched along the central street of Uglegorsk. Even the mothers took a chance and led the column with their mini parade of strollers. of Maxim Vorozhtsov “sailed” along Victory and the Cheshire Cat “walked” of Arsenia Yashina . But the strollers of the other two participants were made too fragile and cold, and they would not withstand the humidity. Therefore, Artyom Kolebin and Anastasia Drozdova did not come to the procession, but sent photos to the organizers, for which they will also receive gifts.

The artists performed the evening program in full and with 100% dedication. Guests of the holiday were delighted by the Bayan-Positive group and the Yuzhno-Sakhalin girl duet DiKey. And of course, the live sound of the famous group “Mirage” was the icing on the cake.

Nothing spoiled the birthday of Uglegorsk and the anniversary of the native region. People were disheveled from the rain, but happy. Many shared photos and videos on social networks and left comments in messengers. This is an important result of the big event - gratitude to the district House of Culture "October" after months of silence:

“The artists lit up, and even our Sakhalin weather did not scare them. This is cool! Thank you for the festive atmosphere, everything was great!!!”

“Thank you for the holiday! The artists are great! And we relaxed. We are looking forward to the rest of the holidays!!!”

“Thank you so much for the holiday you gave us, our region. You, as always, carried out everything that depended on you at the highest level!!!”

Parade of strollers on City Day of Uglegorsk

Svetlana Glovachevskaya Photo by Alexander Mamaev and Alexey Pudovkin

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Uglegorsk (Sakhalin) – the city of the victorious public

What determines the fate of certain settlements? From the name, location, transport accessibility, geographical features, climate? To some extent, yes, these factors have an impact. But the main thing is probably the people who live there. Uglegorsk is a small Sakhalin town, located 310 kilometers from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, right on the shore of the Tatar Strait.

It is the administrative center of the district of the same name in the Sakhalin region. It is not difficult to guess that the history of the area is closely connected with coal mining. Back in 1857, participant of the Amur expedition G.I. Nevelskoy, Lieutenant N.V. Rudakovsky discovers coal deposits in these places (Putyatinsky mines). And after a couple of years, the mines began to be developed. Then other deposits were discovered and a port for coal shipment was built. Coal mining continues to this day. Did mining make the city happy or rich? Where have you seen happy mining towns? They all have some kind of sad karma, as if as a punishment for the destruction and plunder of nature.

Here, too, there is no particular prosperity. The houses are modest, there is asphalt only on the central streets, and a good road to the regional center has not been built over the years.

Road to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

The central square of the city day and night.

In general, the layout is traditional for Siberia and the Far East. Profits go somewhere else (offshore or Moscow), but what remains in the localities is devastation, sick people and destroyed nature. In the Soviet years, one could reassure oneself that all this was for the good of the country. But now, with a private economy, is it worth putting up with this? So local activists may have thought so and decided that it was not worth it. We got organized and called Alexander Ilyich Fomin, an environmental scientist, a man with a principled civic position, and a supporter of the accelerated innovative development of the country, to the mayoral elections. They called to counter the candidate - United Russia, who represents the interests of coal magnates and has powerful financial and administrative support.

They achieved that Fomin won the elections. And now, with “their” mayor, they are beginning to rebuild life in their native area. They forced the coal miners to build a bypass road to the port. Previously, coal was transported through the city, and coal dust in huge quantities flew into the windows of houses and settled on the streets. We actively took up the task of preserving salmon rivers and developing ecotourism. Fortunately, the area has all the conditions for this. Beautiful nature. Good climate. Wonderful people.

On the rink

The Kamyshovy Ridge protects the area from the penetration of cold winds, so in winter it is not so cold here, and in summer it is not so hot.

Spring

Here, wild plants appear earlier than anywhere else on the island, and autumn comes later.

Smelt

I haven’t seen such great fishing for a long time! In addition to natural ones, there are also many historical attractions. Buildings and structures built by the Japanese during the period when the territory was under their jurisdiction, the remains of military equipment and even a large ship washed ashore after a storm.

The Sun Eagle, washed ashore by a storm in the early 1980s. The crew abandoned the ship, and the ship was left to rust aground.

Come to Uglegorsk - you won’t regret it!

Yu. Shirokov

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A severe snowstorm will cover the south of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands

Snowfalls, hurricane winds, freezing fog and at the same time noticeable warming - all this awaits the Sakhalin region on January 12. Astv.ru offers a complete forecast based on rp5.ru data.

North of Sakhalin

In the Okha region it is 12-15 degrees below zero. Mainly cloudy. No precipitation. The wind is moderate.

In the Nogliki region -23 in the morning, -15 in the afternoon, -12 at night. Partly cloudy. No precipitation is expected. The wind is weak.

Central regions

In the Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky district in the morning -17. During the day it will warm up to -9, and at night to -6. Cloudy, no snow. In the second half there will be moderate wind.

In the Tymovsky district it is -28 in the morning, but by night it will warm up to -6. Mainly cloudy. Light breeze.

It is also warmer in the Smirnykhovsky district: from -22 in the early morning to -5 at night. The sky will be overcast, in the evening there will be light snow and a breeze.

In the Uglegorsk region, the temperature will jump from -10 to zero degrees within a day. Moderate wind, precipitation in the evening.

In the Tomarinsky district, a blizzard - snowfall will begin on the night of January 12 and will continue for at least two days. Fog is also likely. In the morning -10, in the afternoon the temperature will begin to rise, in the evening - only -3. The wind is strong, gusting up to 25 m/s.

It is relatively calm in the Poronaisky district - cloudy in the first half of the day, precipitation is forecast after 17:00. The temperature will rise from -14 to -5 during the day. The wind will increase to 17-20 m/s.

In the Makarovsky district it is -14 in the morning, about -6 at lunchtime, and -4 at night. It will start snowing around 11:00. The wind is strong – up to 24 m/s. Freezing fog is likely in the evening.

South Sakhalin

In the Dolinsky region, snowfall will begin this night and last for several days. Wind gusts will reach 26 m/s. In the morning it will be -10, but it will feel like -21. By evening it will warm up to -1.

In the Korsakov region, the snowstorm will begin on the night of January 12. Wind up to 29 m/s, freezing fog. But the temperature will remain between 0 and -3 degrees.

There was also heavy snowfall in the Aniva region overnight. The temperature will rise from -9 to -2. Wind 25-28 m/s. Freezing fog.

In the Kholmsky district there has been a snowstorm since night, wind gusts up to 28 m/s, freezing fog. The temperature is within 0-4 degrees below zero.

In the Nevelsk region from -3 to +1, snowfall all day, strong wind - up to 28 m/s. Fog is also likely.

Kuril Islands

In the South Kuril region, the wind will reach hurricane levels of 35 m/s. Storm, heavy snow and rain. Temperature from +1 to -1.

In the Kuril region, the wind is only slightly weaker than the neighboring islands - 28-31 m/s. Heavy snow and rain, temperatures from 0 to -7.

In Severo-Kurilsk there is light snow in the first half of the day. But by the evening the wind will appear. From +1 to -2.

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

In the regional center, snowfall will begin on the night of January 12 and will continue for a couple of days. Heavy precipitation, wind gusts up to 28 m/s. Freezing fog is likely. The temperature will rise from -4 to +3 by the end of the day.