Makariv

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Makariv (Ukrainian: Макарів, Russian: Макаров) is an urban-type settlement in Kiev Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It's the administrative center of Makarivskyi Raion. Population is 12,042 (2001).

The town had a Jewish community and it had been the center of the Hasidic Makarov dynasty, (Makariv being pronounced as "Makarov" in Yiddish.)

Coordinates: 50°28′N, 29°49′E