Shakhty
Shakhty (Russian: Шахты, IPA: [ˈʂaxtɨ]) is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is 75 kilometers (47 mi) northeast of Rostov-on-Don. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 239,987.[3]
Shakhty
Шахты | |
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City | |
 A view of the city from the KhBK (cotton plant) area | |
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Location of Shakhty | |
  Shakhty Location of Shakhty  Shakhty Shakhty (Rostov Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 47°42′N 40°14′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Rostov Oblast |
| Founded | beginning of the 19th century[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Denis Stanislavov[2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 158.2 km2 (61.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 239,987 |
| • Estimate (2018)[4] | 233,814 (−2.6%) |
| • Rank | 79th in 2010 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi) |
Administrative status | |
| • Subordinated to | Shakhty Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Shakhty Urban Okrug |
Municipal status | |
| • Urban okrug | Shakhty Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Shakhty Urban Okrug |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [5]) |
| Postal code(s)[6] | 346500 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 8636 |
| OKTMO ID | 60740000001 |
| City Day | Third Sunday of September |
| Twin towns | Gelsenkirchen, Sievierodonetsk |
| Website | www |
It used to be named Alexandro-Grushevskaya (until 1867),[1] Gornoye Grushevskoye Poseleniye (until 1881),[1] and Alexandrovsk-Grushevsky (until 1920).[1]
Population
239,987 lived in the city at the 2010 Census;[7] up from 222,592 in the 2002 Census.[8] In the 1989 Census, the population was 225,797.[9]
Twin towns – sister cities
Armavir, Armenia
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Nikopol, Bulgaria
Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine
People from Shakhty
- Vasily Alexeyev (born 1942), weightlifter
- Lyudmila Kondratyeva (born 1958), sprinter
- Alina Ermolova (born 2001), rhythmic gymnast
- Marina Logvinenko (born 1961), sport shooter
- Alexander Nevolin-Svetov (born 1988), Paralympic swimmer
References
- Pospelov, p. 26
- Official website of Shakhty Administration. Denis Ivanovich Stanislavov Archived March 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. May 21, 2004. Retrieved 9 Feb 2012.
- Demoscope Weekly (1989). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. [All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989) (in Russian). Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. Retrieved 9 Feb 2012.
- "Города-побратимы". shakhty-gorod.ru (in Russian). Shakhty. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
Other websites
- Official website of Shakhty (in Russian)
- Unofficial website of Shakhty (in Russian)
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