En Name: | Chekhov |
Ru Name: | Чехов |
Coordinates: | 47.4333°N 200°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Federal Subject: | Sakhalin Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Kholmsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
Inhabloc Type: | Selo |
Pop 2010Census: | 3,389 |
Postal Codes: | 694670 |
Dialing Codes: | 42433 |
Dialing Codes Ref: | [1] |
Chekhov (ru|Че́хов) is a rural locality (a selo) in Kholmsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located at the Strait of Tartary. Population:
Under Japanese rule, it was known as (Russian: Но́да). After the Soviet Union took control of the whole of Sakhalin island after World War II, it was granted town status and renamed Chekhov (after the Russian writer Anton Chekhov) in 1947. It was demoted in status to that of a rural locality in 2004.