Planned town grid
Straight streets and uniform blocks form a tidy rectangle, a clear example of mid-twentieth-century Soviet town planning.
Minimalist map poster · Kazakhstan
49.7071° N / 72.5932° E
A coal-mining town in the Karaganda steppe, its planned grid set among mines, spoil heaps and open land.





One city, five moods
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The map
Shakhtinsk lies in the Karaganda coal basin in central Kazakhstan, west of the city of Karaganda. Its name comes from the Russian word for a mine, and it was built in the mid-twentieth century to house workers from the nearby pits. The map reflects that origin: a compact, planned grid of streets and apartment blocks surrounded by open steppe.
Around the residential area, the landscape shows the coal industry: mine sites, railway spurs and the spoil heaps typical of the basin. Roads connect Shakhtinsk to Karaganda and to neighbouring mining towns such as Saran and Abay, so a wider frame shows a whole network of working settlements across the plain.
A Shakhtinsk map poster presents this working landscape clearly. The rigid lines of the planned town and the scattered industrial shapes around it make a stark composition that suits the Noir and Blueprint styles. Nothing in the layout is decorative, and that gives the print its character.
Straight streets and uniform blocks form a tidy rectangle, a clear example of mid-twentieth-century Soviet town planning.
Mine sites, rail lines and spoil heaps surround the town, adding irregular industrial shapes to the edges of the map.
The flat, open land around Shakhtinsk leaves plenty of empty space, so the town reads as a sharply defined shape on the print.
Make it yours
Add a date, a name or a line of your own, switch style, size or orientation.
The free preview is low-resolution with a watermark. Prints and HD files are rendered at 300 DPI, up to 7,200 × 10,800 px, without a watermark.
Why Shakhtinsk
For miners' families and people who grew up in the Karaganda region, Shakhtinsk is a place defined by work and community. A map of its streets keeps that memory specific and personal.
The title, subtitle and coordinates can be changed, and there are five styles. The HD download includes six sizes at 300 DPI without a watermark, and printed posters can be ordered with an optional wooden frame.
Order the Shakhtinsk poster| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm (11.8 × 15.7″) | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3, 11.7 × 16.5″) | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2, 16.5 × 23.4″) | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm (18 × 24″) | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm (19.7 × 27.6″) | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm (24 × 36″) | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.
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