Map of Shakhty, Russia

Shakhty is a city in Rostov, Russia, with a population of about 221,312. It lies at 47.7091°N, 40.2144°E. Shakhty is about 912 km (567 mi) south of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Novoshakhtinsk, 22 km to the west.

Shakhty at a glance

Where is Shakhty?

• The 2nd largest city in Rostov on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 24 min on the shortest day to 16 h 00 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Shakhty

• Novoshakhtinsk — 22 km west
• Krasnyy Sulin — 23 km northwest
• Novocherkassk — 33 km south
• Gukovo — 44 km northwest
• Aksay — 57 km southwest
• Dovzhansk — 60 km northwest, Ukraine
• Rostov-na-Donu — 65 km southwest
• Belaya Kalitva — 67 km northeast
• Kamensk-Shakhtinsky — 68 km north
• Bataysk — 72 km southwest

Largest cities in Rostov

• Taganrog — 279,056
• Volgodonsk — 167,731
• Novocherkassk — 166,974
• Bataysk — 109,962
• Novoshakhtinsk — 99,478
• Azov — 82,133
• Kamensk-Shakhtinsky — 75,814
• Gukovo — 66,079
• Sal’sk — 61,000
• Donetsk — 50,850

Largest cities in Russia

• Moscow — 10,381,222
• Saint Petersburg — 5,351,935
• Novosibirsk — 1,612,833
• Yekaterinburg — 1,495,066
• Nizhniy Novgorod — 1,259,013
• Kazan — 1,243,500
• Chelyabinsk — 1,202,371
• Omsk — 1,172,070
• Samara — 1,163,399
• Rostov-na-Donu — 1,130,305

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.