Японское губернаторство Карафуто (1905-1945): История и социальная память

Япония. Ежегодник. 2019. Т. 48. № 48. С. 272–286.

Grishachev S.

History of colonies under the rule of Japanese Empire in the first half of the ХХ century has not been explored well enough so far. For example, history of Karafuto governorate (1905-1945) settled in the south part of Sakhalin is barely covered while some aspects of its history are not known at all. This article focuses on history of formation and socio-economic structure of Karafuto governorate – like territorial development after the Russo-Japanese war, its role and status in the colonial system of Japan, the use of the main economic resources of the island and creation of socio-cultural space along with the memorialization of the colonial past of the northern borders of Japanese empire. Besides that, in this article author highlights the process of liquidation of the governorate (it started after accession of south part of Sakhalin to the USSR territory after the Second World War) followed by passing the governance on to the soviet administration, co-residence of Soviet and Japanese people on the same territory during1945-1948, along with deportation of Japanese people and fate of Korean population of the island. The article gives the examples of preservation of memory of Japanese presence on Sakhalin Island in both modern Japan and Russia.

Keywords: Вторая мировая война, colonization, колонизация, Public Memory, history of the Second World War, общественная память, Karafuto governorate, Japanese Empire, Toyohara, губернаторство Карафуто, Японская империя, Тоёхара