Shatura (russian: Шату́ра) is a town and the administrative center of

Shatursky District Shatursky District (russian: Шату́рский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #11/2013-OZ and municipalLaw #28/2005-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of ...

Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...

, Russia, located on

Lake Svyatoye A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

east of Moscow. Population:

History

A settlement on the site of modern Shatura has existed since 1423. In 1917, peat deposits mining started in the vicinity. In 1918, construction of the first peat-fueled electric

Shatura Power Station The Shatura Power Station (, or GRES-5 locally) is one of the oldest power stations in Russia. The facility is located in Shatura, Moscow Oblast, and generates power by utilizing two 210 MW units, three 200 MW units, and one 80 MW unit, for a t ...

began near the village of Torbeyevka (). In 1919, the settlement of Shaturstroy () was founded nearby and in 1920, the settlement of

Chyornoye Ozero Chyornoye Ozero (russian: Чёрное озеро) is the name of several types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural localities in Russia: *Chyornoye Ozero, Republic of Bashkortostan, a village#Russia, village in Yevbulyaksky Selsoviet of Askins ...

() followed. In 1928, the three settlements were merged to form the settlement of Shatura, which was granted town status in 1936.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shatura serves as the administrative center of

.Resolution #123-PG As an administrative division, it is, together with twenty-three rural localities, incorporated within Shatursky District as the Town of Shatura. As a municipal division, the Town of Shatura is incorporated within Shatursky Municipal District as Shatura Urban Settlement.Law #28/2005-OZ

Sports

Shatura is home to

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

club ''Energiya'' and

Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language * Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Fo ...

inspired football club Celtic Shatura

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External links

Official website of Shatura

Website of local history of Shatura
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Moscow Oblast Shatursky District