Sotsgorod historical residential area (Kamensk-Shakhtinsky)

Russia / Rostov / Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy / Kamensk-Shakhtinsky
 invisible, historic district

Abbreviated form of the 'Socialistic City' (as widely used in 1930's in the Soviet Union in connection with the nationwide industrialization and reconstruction).
Residential construction started here in 1938 and ended up in 1960's.
This name is almost out of use nowadays and still remembered mostly by old-timers.
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Coordinates:   48°18'57"N   40°16'8"E
This article was last modified 10 years ago