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| Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky |
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( ly ksän´dr fsk-s kh ly n´sk ) (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. |
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