Vakhrushev (urban-type settlement)

49°00′00″N 142°52′00″E / 49.00000°N 142.86667°E / 49.00000; 142.86667

Vakhrushev (Russian: Вахрушев; Japanese: 泊岸村 Tomarikishi-mura) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in the Poronaysky District in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. Population: 2,245 (2010 census);^[1] 3,064 (2002 census);^[2] The village was named Vakhrushev, in honor of the former Minister of Coal Industry of the USSR Vasily Vakhrushev .