Soviet weightlifter. He set 80 world records and 81 Soviet records in weightlifting and won gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. Alexeev was born in the city Shakhty. Monument to Soldier-liberator (1985) Memorial to the Victims of Fascism (1975) Monument to the fighters for Soviet power (1955) Monument to soldiers-internazionalista (2010) Monument to Taras Shevchenko (1972) Monuments to Lenin (1945). Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist. A memorial to the heroes of the first world war (2014). On the monument depicts a double-headed eagle. In his paws cadet standard, with the monogram of the Russian Emperor Nicholas II. On the plates under the wings of the eagle is engraved the names of all of the Don Cossack units that participated in the First World War. Twin towns – sister cities Shakhty is twinned with: Armavir, Armenia Gelsenkirchen, Germany Nikopol, Bulgaria Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine Notable people Vasily Alexeyev (born 1942), weightlifter Lyudmila Kondratyeva (born 1958), sprinter Alina Ermolova (born 2001), rhythmic gymnast Marina Logvinenko (born 1961), sport shooter Alexander Nevolin-Svetov (born 1988), Paralympic swimmer References Notes Sources Е. М. Поспелов (Ye. M. Pospelov). "Имена городов: вчера и сегодня (1917–1992). Топонимический словарь." (City Names: Yesterday and Today (1917–1992). Toponymic Dictionary.) Москва, "Русские словари", 1993. External links Official website of Shakhty Unofficial website of Shakhty Cities and towns in Rostov Oblast Don Host Oblast