Kamensk-Shakhtinsky

Kamensk-Shakhtinsky is a town in Rostov Oblast, located on the Seversky Donets River, around east of the border with Ukraine's Luhansk Oblast. Population:

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History

It was founded by Cossack settlers in 1686 and was granted town status in 1927.
On 28 August 2024 the FDKU Atlas fuel storage facility was set ablaze by Ukrainian drones, in the ongoing battle since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The facility is part of the Federal Agency for State Reserves.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Kamensk-Shakhtinsky Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.

Economy

Once a major coal-mining center of the eastern Donets coal basin, it now an important producer of artificial fibers and mining machinery as well as glass. European route E40 passes through Kamensk-Shakhtinsky. The Kamensky chemical plant is located at the city.