In 1928 the first of the “industrial trials” of wreckers took place, in which the “wrecker”-engineers of the Shakhty coal mines were convicted of industrial sabotage. Found on http://soviethistory.msu.edu/glossary/
city, Rostov oblast (province), western Russia. It lies along the upper Grushevka River, 47 miles (75 km) northeast of Rostov-na-Donu. Shakhty ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/74