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Novoshakhtinsk () is a mining city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, within 20 kilometres of the Dovzhansky border crossing to Ukraine.

Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name
Novoshakhtinsk
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
Новошахтинск
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Novoshakhtinsk duma.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
City Administration building
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right
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Flag of Novoshakhtinsk (Rostov oblast).png
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
Coat of Arms of Novoshakhtinsk (Rostov oblast).png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
Rostov Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_city_jur
Novoshakhtinsk Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of
Novoshakhtinsk Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
City
Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur
Novoshakhtinsk Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of
Novoshakhtinsk Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.leader_title
Mayor
Russian inhabited locality.representative_body
Council of Deputies
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
111075
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census_rank
143rd
Russian inhabited locality.established_date
1939

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
big city
Located in
Rostov Oblast
Population
100738
Area
147
Elevation
130
Official website
www.novoshakhtinsk.org
Image
Novoshakhtinsk duma.jpg
Dialing code
86369
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postal code
346900
inception
1936-01-01
Commons category
Novoshakhtinsk
topic's main category
Category:Novoshakhtinsk
native label
Новошахтинск
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • History
  • Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Administrative and municipal status
  • Notable people
  • References
  • Notes
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Novoshakhtinsk () is a mining city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, within 20 kilometres of the Dovzhansky border crossing to Ukraine.

==History== It was established in 1939. This was where Novosakhtinsk NKVD/MVD prisoner of war camp No. 430 was located, where German, Austrian, Hungarian, and Romanian prisoners of war were taken to forced labor in mining from 1945.08.27 to 1948.06.22.

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