Makarov (town)

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Makarov (Russian: Мака́ров) is a coastal town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern coast of Sakhalin 235 km north of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk at 48.6333° N 142.8° E. Population: 7,271 (2002 Census); 11,351 (1989 Census).

Founded in 1892. It was called Shirutoru (知取町) in 1905–1945 when the southern part of Sakhalin belonged to Japan. It was renamed Makarov (after the Russian admiral Stepan Makarov) and granted town status in 1946.

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