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Between 1905 and 1947 , there were various Governors of Karafuto . The administration of Chisima ( Kurils ) Archipelago were direct managed from Hokkaido as a north frontier district. The administration of the islands was based on Etorofu ( Iturup ) Island.


Kuril's defense was entrusted to , Colonel Zueo Ikeda , Liutenant-General Fuzai Tsutsumi , Major Zeiji Sato (on Shumushu Island), Colonel Ueda (on Matsuwa island), Major-General Niho (on Uruppu island), and for "Minami Chisima Fortress", Lieutenant-General Ogawa (on Etorofu island).


Originally this was a northern district of Hokkaido , but was later organized into a separate unit, administered from Toyohara , in Suzuya Plain, in the southern part of the island. Karafuto's defense was handled by the Imperial Japanese Army special frontier units of Karafuto "Fortress" defensive organization and 88th Division . The last commander of this unit was Lieutenant-General Junichiro Mineki , in August 1945. There were also some detachments of the Imperial Japanese Navy in Maoka and Ootomari ports.




Governors-General of Karafuto


The Governor-General was based at the Kokai-Do Toyohara Government Palace.other site were represent real political power in province, Japanese Army ,has a Government House-Military Hq assigned to 88th Division Commander-in-Chief,ubiqued in such city.



Russian Governors of Karafuto


After 1945 the Japanese Governorate was succeeded Soviet Occupation
under respective Russian Governors


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