Coordinates: 59°07′N 28°05′E / 59.117°N 28.083°E / 59.117; 28.083

Slantsy (Roushie: Сла́нцы) is a toun an the admeenistrative center o Slantsevsky Destrict o Leningrad Oblast, Roushie, situatit on the Plyussa River, 192 kilometer (119 mi) wast o St. Petersburg. Population: 37,371 (2002 Census);[1] 43,087 (1989 Census).[2].

A biggin in Slantsy wi the toun's coat o airms

The creation o a settlement wis proposed in 1930 bi Sergey Kirov; construction began in 1932. The main street wis namit efter Kirov. Offeecial toun status wis grantit in 1949.

The toun's name is the Roushie wird for shale. The toun wis lairgely sustained bi shale minin, as depictit on its coat o airms, an the resultin fuel wis uised tae licht the streets o St. Petersburg in the 19t century. The mines are nou lairgely closed due tae decrease in local demand an disagreements ower contracts wi nearbi Estonie. This haes resultit in lairge-scale local unemployment. Furthermair, the disuised mines present a serious ecological threat tae watter supplies in the region.

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  1. Roushie Federal State Stateestics Service (21 Mey 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population o Roushie, Its Federal Destricts, Federal Subjects, Destricts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Admeenistrative Centres, an Rural Localities wi Population o Ower 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [Aw-Roushie Population Census o 2002] (in Roushie).CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  2. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [Aw Union Population Census o 1989: Present Population o Union an Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts an Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Destricts, Urban Settlements, an Veelages Servin as Destrict Admeenistrative Centres]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [Aw-Union Population Census o 1989] (in Roushie). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute o Demografie at the Naitional Resairch Varsity: Heicher Schuil o Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)