Shakhty

Shakhty
Шахты
City
A view of the city from the KhBK (cotton plant) area
A view of the city from the KhBK (cotton plant) area
Flag of Shakhty
Flag
Coat of arms of Shakhty
Coat of arms
Location of Shakhty
Shakhty is located in Russia
Shakhty
Shakhty
Location of Shakhty
Shakhty is located in Rostov Oblast
Shakhty
Shakhty
Shakhty (Rostov Oblast)
Coordinates: 47°42′N 40°14′E / 47.700°N 40.233°E / 47.700; 40.233
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRostov Oblast
Foundedbeginning of the
19th century
Government
 • MayorDenis Stanislavov
Area
 • Total158.2 km2 (61.1 sq mi)
Elevation
100 m (300 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)
 • Total239,987
 • Estimate 
(2025)
219,111 (−8.7%)
 • Rank79th in 2010
 • Density1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
 • Subordinated toShakhty Urban Okrug
 • Capital ofShakhty Urban Okrug
 • Urban okrugShakhty Urban Okrug
 • Capital ofShakhty Urban Okrug
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata)
Postal code(s)
346500
Dialing code(s)+7 8636
OKTMO ID60740000001
City DayThird Sunday of September
Twin townsGelsenkirchen, SiverskodonetskEdit this on Wikidata
Websitewww.shakhty-gorod.ru

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.

It used to be named Alexandro-Grushevskaya (until 1867), Gornoye Grushevskoye Poseleniye (until 1881), and Alexandrovsk-Grushevsky (until 1920).

Population

239,987 lived in the city at the 2010 Census; up from 222,592 in the 2002 Census. In the 1989 Census, the population was 225,797.

Twin towns – sister cities

Shakhty is twinned with:

People from Shakhty

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Pospelov, p. 26
  2. ↑ Official website of Shakhty Administration. Denis Ivanovich Stanislavov Archived March 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2025 года (in Russian), Moscow: Federal State Statistics Service, 25 April 2025, Wikidata Q133797648, archived from the original on 26 April 2026
  5. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  6. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "Города-побратимы". shakhty-gorod.ru (in Russian). Shakhty. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2020-02-04.

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