Goryachiye Klyuchi
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Goryachiye Klyuchi is a rural locality (a selo) in Kurilsky District
of Sakhalin Oblast
, Russia
, located on the Iturup
Island.
Postal code: 694534.
The main responsibility for the defence of the Kuril Islands
falls to the 18th Artillery Division (also called 18th Machine Gun-Artillery Division) of the Eastern Military District
. The headquarters of the Division are located in Goryachiye Klyuchi.
Kurilsky District
Kurilsky District is an administrative district , one of the 17 in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia....
of Sakhalin Oblast
Sakhalin Oblast
Sakhalin Oblast is a federal subject of Russia comprising the island of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands.The oblast has an area of 87,100 km² and a population of 546,695...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located on the Iturup
Iturup
Iturup is the largest island of the South Kuril Islands. It is the northernmost island in the southern Kuril/Chishima islands, and though it is presently controlled by Russia, Japan also claims this island...
Island.
Postal code: 694534.
The main responsibility for the defence of the Kuril Islands
Kuril Islands
The Kuril Islands , in Russia's Sakhalin Oblast region, form a volcanic archipelago that stretches approximately northeast from Hokkaidō, Japan, to Kamchatka, Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the North Pacific Ocean. There are 56 islands and many more minor rocks. It consists of Greater...
falls to the 18th Artillery Division (also called 18th Machine Gun-Artillery Division) of the Eastern Military District
Eastern Military District
The Eastern Military District is one of the four operational strategic commands of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The district was formed in Presidential Decree № 1144 signed on September 20, 2010...
. The headquarters of the Division are located in Goryachiye Klyuchi.