Shakhty

American

[shahkh-ti] / ˈʃɑx tɪ /

noun

a city in southwestern Russia, in the Donets Basin.

Shakhty British

/ ˈʃaxtɪ /

noun

an industrial city in W Russia: the chief town of the E Donets Basin; a major coal-mining centre. Pop: 219 000 (2005 est)

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The blast on the top floor ripped through the nine-story building in the city of Shakhty, not far from the Ukrainian border, before dawn on Monday.

From Seattle Times

The Emergency Situations Ministry said that the blast ripped through an apartment building in the city of Shakhty on Monday morning.

From Seattle Times

The town of Shakhty is less than an hour's drive from Russia's border with Ukraine.

From BBC

While reigning as the Olympic super heavyweight champion, he earned a handsome salary as a mining engineer in Shakhty, located in a coal-mining area, but the government afforded him plenty of time to train.

From New York Times

Alekseyev had settled in Shakhty in the mid-1960s with his wife, Olimpiada, and their sons, Sergei and Dmitri.

From New York Times

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