Shakhty

Shakhty () is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is 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: