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EncyclopediaAleksandrovsk-SakhalinskyAleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky (ulyiksän'drufsk-sukhulyēn'skē) [key], city on N Sakhalin island, Russian Far East. A port on the Tatar Strait, it has lumber and fishing industries. The city was founded in 1881 as a place of exile. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky from Infoplease:
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