Aniva

Aniva is a city in Russia, the administrative center of Aniva district of the Sakhalin region. Located in the south of the island of Sakhalin, at the confluence of the river Lutoga, in the Bay of Salmon (Aniva Bay), 37 km south of the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. It was founded in 1886 as the village of Lutoga. In 1905, according to the Treaty of Portsmouth, together with the entire territory of Sakhalin Island south of the 50th parallel, it was transferred to Japan and received the name Rudaka (from Ainsk. rut - "sea ice" and aka, akka - "water"). In 1945, after the return of the Sakhalin territories, it again became part of Russia. In 1946 it received the status of a city and the name "Aniva".

Food industry enterprises are located in the city.

The basis of the city’s economy is fishing. Industrial extraction of pink salmon, kets. The railway station does not currently exist due to the liquidation of the railway line leading to Anivo.