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Shakhty
Sign in to saveShakhty (, ) is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the southeastern spur of the Donetsk mountain ridge, northeast of Rostov-on-Don. As of the 2023 Census, its population was 222,500.
Shakhty is a city in southwestern Russia, located in Rostov Oblast northeast of Rostov-on-Don, with a population of about 222,500 as of 2023. The city sits on the southeastern edge of the Donetsk mountain ridge in a region significant for its geographic position in southern Russia.
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Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Shakhty
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Шахты
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Улица Шевченко (Шахты).jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- Shevchenko Street
- Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map
- Russia Rostov Oblast#European Russia#Europe
- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
- Flag_of_Shakhty_(Rostov_oblast).png
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of arms of Shakhty.png
- Russian inhabited locality.holiday
- Third Sunday of September
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Rostov Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_inhabloc_jur
- Shakhty Urban Okrug
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
- Shakhty Urban Okrug
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- City
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur
- Shakhty Urban Okrug
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
- Shakhty Urban Okrug
- Russian inhabited locality.leader_title
- Mayor
- Russian inhabited locality.leader_name
- Denis Stanislavov
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 263377
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census_rank
- 79th
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- Горное Грушевское поселение
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Don Host Oblast
- Population
- 219111
- Area
- 158.2
- Elevation
- 100
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- shahty.ru
- Image
- Покровский собор г Шахты.jpg
- Dialing code
- 8636
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- postal code
- 346500
- Commons category
- Shakhty
- inception
- 1805-01-01
- twinned administrative body
- Siverskodonetsk
- category for people born here
- Q8079442
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Shakhty
- topic's main category
- Category:Shakhty
- native label
- Шахты
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Administrative and municipal status
- Demographics
- Attractions
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Notable people
- References
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
Shakhty (, ) is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the southeastern spur of the Donetsk mountain ridge, northeast of Rostov-on-Don. As of the 2023 Census, its population was 222,500.
It was previously known as Alexandro-Grushevskaya (until 1867), Gornoye Grushevskoye Poseleniye (until 1881), Alexandrovsk-Grushevsky (until 1920). It was renamed to its current name when it was part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
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