Got the tender to shoreside, then ‘rustic’ bus (just a hired town bus) to Korsakov town on Sakhalin island. South Sakhalin Japanese until after the war when it was ceded to Soviet Union.

 

Monument

Soviet Union housing

Went to a folkloric show – best mime sitar/lyre/guitar/balalaika playing ever

Then war memorial

And statue of Lenin – can you spot which one is the autocratic dictator ?