Shakhty (Rostovskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia)
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Sources of Information
- Kislit︠s︡yn, S. A. Shakhtinskoe delo, 1993:p. 3 (town of Shakhty; located in the Donbass)
- Geonet on WWW, 05-30-00(lists 3 popl. places named Shakhty)
- LC data base, 05-30-00(Shakhty, Russia (Rostov on the Don Province))
Wikipedia description:
Shakhty (Russian: Шахты, IPA: [ˈʂaxtɨ]) is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the southeastern spur of the Donetsk mountain ridge, 75 kilometers (47 mi) northeast of Rostov-on-Don. As of the 2023 Census, its population was 222,500. It was previously known as Alexandro-Grushevskaya (until 1867), Gornoye Grushevskoye Poseleniye (until 1881), Alexandrovsk-Grushevsky (until 1920).
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