Shakhty
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Shakhty (Russian: Ша́хты) is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is located on the southeastern spur of Donetsk mountain ridge, 75 km northeast from Rostov-on-Don, at . Its population was 222,592 as of the 2002 Census.
Founded on October 3, 1867 as Gornoye Grushevskoye (Горное Грушевское) settlement, from 1881 till 1921 it was called Alexandrovsk-Grushevsky (Александровск-Грушевский). On January 13, 1921 it was finally given its present name. The name "Shakhty" ("coal pits" in English) was chosen, because there had been coal mining in that region since the 18th century. During the Great Patriotic War the town was occupied by Nazi Germany; many coal pits and buildings were blown up by the Nazis during their retreat. Today Shakhty is the main industrial center of the Eastern Donbass.
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- Shakhty (Russian)
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Cities and towns in Rostov Oblast |  |
| Administrative center: Rostov-on-Don Aksay | Azov | Bataysk | Belaya Kalitva | Donetsk | Gukovo | Kamensk-Shakhtinsky | Novocherkassk | Novoshakhtinsk | Konstantinovsk | Krasny Sulin | Millerovo | Morozovsk | Proletarsk | Salsk | Semikarakorsk | Shakhty | Taganrog | Tsimlyansk | Volgodonsk | Zernograd | Zverevo |
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