Shakhty
Shakhty
Шахты | |
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Shevchenko Street | |
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Shakhty Location of Shakhty Shakhty Shakhty (European Russia) Shakhty Shakhty (Europe) | |
| Coordinates: 47°42′N 40°14′E / 47.700°N 40.233°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Rostov Oblast |
| Founded | beginning of the 19th century |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Denis Stanislavov |
| Elevation | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 263,377 |
• Estimate (2025) | 219,111 (−16.8%) |
| • Rank | 79th in 2010 |
| • Subordinated to | Shakhty Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Shakhty Urban Okrug |
| • Urban okrug | Shakhty Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Shakhty Urban Okrug |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| Postal code | 346500 |
| Dialing code | +7 8636 |
| OKTMO ID | 60740000001 |
| City Day | Third Sunday of September |
| Website | www |
Shakhty (Russian: Шахты, IPA: [ˈʂaxtɨ], Ukrainian: Шахти) 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). It was renamed to its current name when it was part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.