Makarov: facts

At a glance

• Country: Russia
• Region: Sakhalin Oblast
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 6,663
• Coordinates: 48.6256° N, 142.7786° E
• Time zone: Asia/Sakhalin (UTC+11:00)
• Currency: Ruble (RUB)
• Distance to the capital, Moscow: 6,501 km (4,040 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Shakhtyorsk Airport (EKS): 81 km (50 mi), straight line
• Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk International Airport (UUS): 194 km (120 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Poronaysk: 70 km (43 mi)
• Uglegorsk: 72 km (45 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 186 km (115 mi)