En Name: | Shatsk |
Ru Name: | Шацк |
Coordinates: | 54.0333°N 84°W |
Map Label Position: | bottom |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Shatsk (Ryazan oblast) (1781).png |
Federal Subject: | Ryazan Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Shatsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Shatsk |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town of district significance |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Shatsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | town of district significance of Shatsk |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Shatsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Shatskoye Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Shatsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Shatskoye Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 6561 |
Established Date: | 1553 |
Current Cat Date: | 1779 |
Postal Codes: | 391550, 391599 |
Shatsk (ru|Шацк) is a town and the administrative center of Shatsky District in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, located on the Shacha River (Tsna's tributary) 145km (90miles) southeast of Ryazan, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
In the 16th century, the so-called Shatsk Gates was a strip of open land through the forest useful for Tatar raids that the Russians had to fortify. Shatsk proper was founded in 1553 as a military outpost for defending the southern borders of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. It was granted town status by Catherine the Great in 1779.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shatsk serves as the administrative center of Shatsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Shatsky District as the town of district significance of Shatsk. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Shatsk is incorporated within Shatsky Municipal District as Shatskoye Urban Settlement.[1]
Town industries include vodka production and a meat packing plant.