Novoshakhtinsky (russian: Новоша́хтинский) is an urban locality (an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

) in

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of Primorsky Krai,

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. Population: . The Trans-Siberian railroad passes through the town.

History

Urban-type settlement status was granted to Novoshakhtinsky in 1967. Town Sign Novoshakhtinsky with Medals awarded to the workers of the town from Soviet Union

Town Sign Novoshakhtinsky with Medals awarded to the workers of the town from Soviet Union

Economy

Coal Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is formed when dea ...

-mining forms the basis of the settlement's economy. After the Global Financial Crisis of 2007 and 2008 when primary products, raw materials, and such like, on the world market decreased in value, coal also suffered. There was a decrease in demand and price. Being a "one horse" town, this economic reality hit hard on the mine and the population. In addition, there is also the "bright lights" of Vladivostok, and of course, Moscow and St Petersburg, so those young individuals with transferable skills move out of the town. However, there is significant potential in this town, and the region. It is close to a major city (Vladivostok) and the growing economies of Asia such as China and South Korea. It has good housing, roads, schools, while in need of upgrade, it is in place and ready to advance.

Miscellaneous

There is a music school and an

orphanage An orphanage is a Residential education, residential institution, total institution or group home, devoted to the Childcare, care of orphans and children who, for various reasons, cannot be cared for by their biological families. The parent ...

in Novoshakhtinsky.

References

{{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Urban-type settlements in Primorsky Krai