title: Chekhov, Sakhalin Oblast
text: # Chekhov, Sakhalin Oblast
  
  Chekhov (Russian: Че́хов) is a rural locality (a selo) in Kholmsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located at the Strait of Tartary. Population: 3,389 (2010 Census); 4,944 (2002 Census); 7,901 (1989 Census).
  
  ## History
  
  Under Japanese rule, it was known as Noda (野田) (Но́да). After the Soviet Union took control of the whole of Sakhalin island after World War II, it was granted town status and renamed Chekhov (after the Russian writer Anton Chekhov) in 1947. It was demoted in status to that of a rural locality in 2004.
  
  