Shakhtyorsk (russian: Шахтёрск; ja, 塔路, ''Tōro'') is a town in

Uglegorsky District Uglegorsky District (russian: Углего́рский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast.Law #25-ZO Municipally, it is incorporated as Uglegorsky Municipal District.L ...

of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the western coast of the

Sakhalin Island Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t=庫頁島; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ, ''Sahaliyan''; Orok: Бугата на̄, ''Bugata nā''; Nivkh: ...

, northwest of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:

Etymology

The name of the town derives from the Russian word "" ("miner"), referring to the black coal production in the surrounding area.

History

It was founded after 1905 as ''Tōro'', in the region then known as the Karafuto Prefecture of

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. After the Soviet Union gained control over the southern part of the Sakhalin Island in August 1945, it became part of Sakhalin Oblast. It was granted town status and given its present name in 1947.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with four rural localities, incorporated within

as the town of district significance of Shakhtyorsk.Law #25-ZO As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Shakhtyorsk is incorporated within Uglegorsky Municipal District as Shakhtyorskoye Urban Settlement.Law #524

Economy

The town's economy relies mainly on black coal mining, which supports a power station.

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* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Sakhalin Oblast