En Name: | Smirnykh |
Ru Name: | Смирных |
Coordinates: | 49.75°N 192°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Federal Subject: | Sakhalin Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | December 2011 |
Adm District Jur: | Smirnykhovsky District |
Adm Ctr Of: | Smirnykhovsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Urban-type settlement |
Mun Data As Of: | July 2012 |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Smirnykhovsky Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of: | Smirnykhovsky Urban Okrug |
Pop 2010Census: | 7399 |
Dialing Codes: | 42452 |
Dialing Codes Ref: | [1] |
Date: | March 2013 |
Smirnykh (Russian: Смирных) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Smirnykhovsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located in the central part of the Sakhalin Island. Population:
During the period of Japanese rule over the southern half of Sakhalin from 1905-1945, its name was . During fighting between Soviet and Japanese forces on the island during World War II, Battalion Commander Leonid Smirnykh and Sergeant Anton Buyukly were killed; the localities of Smyrnikh, Leonidovo, and Buyukly are named in their honor.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Smirnykh serves as the administrative center of Smirnykhovsky District and is subordinated to it.[2] As a municipal division, the urban-type settlement of Smirnykh and thirteen rural localities of Smirnykhovsky District are incorporated as Smirnykhovsky Urban Okrug.[3]
It was home to Smirnykh air base during the Cold War.