We have still here piles of snow along the streets and a white mountain Gorny Vozdukh overlooking the town. I took a long walk to see the places of interest. Probably the most interesting is the museum located in the former Japanese headquarters ( till 1945 Southern Sakhalin was the possesion of Japan – they call it Karafuto). It is pagoda -style building with interesting exibitions inside. Second-nice will be St Innokyenty Russian Orthodox Church. I found also new and nice catholic church of St James. During the Russian Empire time Sakhalin was a penal colony (like Australia in early days). Russian writer A Tchekhov was here in 1890 – his little museum is also worth to see in Kurilskaya St. I have lovely sunny weather, but the spring did not arrive here yet…
