The left-most sloping vertical stroke is done from top to bottom.
The top-most horizontal line, the right-most vertical line and the small mark at the bottom of it are done as one stroke, from top-left going clockwise.
The middle horizontal line is done from left to right.
The bottom horizontal line is done from left to right.
... the other three-fifths of the area. In August 1945, Russia again took over the control of Sakhalin. Since January 2, 1947, the Sakhalin Region, in its present form, ...