“Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how.’”
Viktor Frankl
Father’s Day to the Korean War
June 19, 1910 – The first Father’s Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington. Mrs. Sonora Dodd of Spokane is believed to have come up with the idea while listening to a sermon for Mother’s Day at the Central Methodist Episcopal Church in Spokane. She chose June...Read more (comments: 0)
Community/Culture: Dogs and cats wait for homes at Sakhalin’s only animal shelter
By Elissa Bogos On a rainy day last month Mikhail Glazov stood in the middle of around a dozen rambunctious dogs in the yard of the Dog and Cat Shelter....Read more (comments: 0)
Community/Culture: Different backgrounds strengthen local high school students’ friendship
By Elissa Bogos Sakhalin is a fairly diverse place. With a sizable percentage of the population being ethnic Koreans and a large number of expats from the...Read more (comments: 0)
Community/Culture: Sakhalin’s orphans participate in fourth annual Miracle Walk
By Natalia Trefilova Last Thursday, children from Troitskoye orphanage and the Korsakov, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Aniva, Kholmsk and Dolinsk shelters, woke up early...Read more (comments: 0)
Community/Culture: Folk ensemble from Uglegorsk Orphanage to participate in competition
A children’s folk ensemble from Uglegorsk Orphanage # 7 will be among the participating groups in the ninth annual Constellation competition. The event will bring children residing in orphanages and boarding...Read more (comments: 0)
Community/Culture: The Kurils from the eyes of Yuri Stepanov
By Elissa Bogos An exhibition of the work Sakhalin painter Yuri Victorovitch Stepanov opened last Thursday at the Sfera Business Center.
Community/Culture: Black Cabinet wows diners with performance at Kurosio
By Lena Nikonorova Kurosio, a Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk restaurant serving a fusion of European and Korean cuisine, hosted a unique performance by the world-renowned...Read more (comments: 0)
Sakhalin-2 hydropower plant and new heating electric station to be constructed
Director General of Eastern Energy Systems Ivan Blagodyr held a working meeting with the heads of “Sakhalinenergo” last week to discuss the prospective developments of Sakhalin Energy Systems.
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Kinomanyak: Land of the Lost
By Sakhalinski Kinomanyac People either find Will Ferrell funny or they don’t. If, like me, you don’t happen to find his jokes at all funny, this film won’t change your mind.
Based on the somewhat endearing and unpretentious 1970s television...Read more (comments: 0)