An old lady of korean extraction sells fresh vegetables at an outdoor market in Kholmsk, Sakhalin, Russia

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An old lady of korean extraction sells fresh vegetables at an outdoor market in Kholmsk, Sakhalin, Russia. Kholmsk, or Holmsk, is an important port for the island of Sakhalin. Kholmsk has seen a large drop in population since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the economic crisis which followed in the 1990s, with a 1989 population of over 50,000 now reduced to an estimated population of just over 31,000 in 2010.

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Location: Kholmsk, Sakhalin, Russia
Photo credit: © Asia File / Alamy / Afripics
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