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
City
A view of the city from the KhBK (cotton plant) area
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Shakhty
Shakhty Location of Shakhty Show map of Russia Shakhty Shakhty (Rostov Oblast) Show map of 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  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	239,987
• 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 [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	346500
Dialing code(s)	+7 8636
OKTMO ID	60740000001
City Day	Third Sunday of September
Twin towns	Gelsenkirchen, Siverskodonetsk
Website	www.shakhty-gorod.ru

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;^[6] up from 222,592 in the 2002 Census.^[7] In the 1989 Census, the population was 225,797.^[8]

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia

Shakhty is twinned with:^[9]

• 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