Shikhany
Sign in to saveShikhany, also spelled Shikhansky () is a closed town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, north of Saratov on the right bank of the Volga River Population: . It has been a closed town since 1997, but lost this status on 1 January 2019. The town is 2 kilometres from the major chemical weapons base Shikhany-2 (previously known as Vol'sk-18).
Key facts
- Russian town.en_name
- Shikhany
- Russian town.ru_name
- Шиханы
- Russian town.map_label_position
- top
- Russian town.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Shikhany (Saratov oblast).svg
- Russian town.image_flag
- Flag of Shikhany (Saratov oblast).png
- Russian town.federal_subject
- Saratov Oblast
- Russian town.adm_city_jur
- closed administrative-territorial formation of Shikhany
- Russian town.adm_ctr_of
- closed administrative-territorial formation of Shikhany
- Russian town.inhabloc_cat
- Closed town
- Russian town.urban_okrug_jur
- Shikhany Urban Okrug
- Russian town.mun_admctr_of
- Shikhany Urban Okrug
- Russian town.pop_2010census
- 6067
- Russian town.established_date
- 1928
- Russian town.current_cat_date
- 1996
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6 sectionsContents
- History
- Shikhany-2 (Vol'sk-18)
- Administrative and municipal status
- Allegations concerning Shikhany-2 as source of novichok agent
- See also
- References
Shikhany, also spelled Shikhansky () is a closed town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, north of Saratov on the right bank of the Volga River Population: . It has been a closed town since 1997, but lost this status on 1 January 2019. The town is 2 kilometres from the major chemical weapons base Shikhany-2 (previously known as Vol'sk-18).
==History== The original settlement at Shikhany was founded in 1820 as part of the estate of Count Vasily Vasil'evich Orlov-Denisov. The first school was opened at the site in 1876. By 1917, there were still only five inhabitants resident in two houses. The subsequent expansion of the settlement was presumably a consequence of the opening of the adjacent chemical warfare establishment. On 30 June 1997, the town was transformed by an edict of President Yeltsin into a Closed Administrative-Territorial Formation (ZATO). Under the terms of this edict, travel to Shikhany was restricted and special police, procuracy and courts operated directly under Moscow jurisdiction. This status was revoked on 1 January 2019.