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A settlement on place of modern Shatura is known to exist since 1423. In 1917, peat
Peat
Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter or histosol. Peat forms in wetland bogs, moors, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests. Peat is harvested as an important source of fuel in certain parts of the world...
deposits started to be mined in the vicinity. In 1918, construction of the first peat
Peat
Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter or histosol. Peat forms in wetland bogs, moors, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests. Peat is harvested as an important source of fuel in certain parts of the world...
-fueled electric Shatura Power Station
Shatura Power Station
The Shatura Power Station is one of the oldest power stations in Russia. The facility is located in Shatura, Moscow Oblast, and generates power by utilizing two 210 MW units, three 200 MW units, and one 80 MW unit, totalling the installed capacity to 1,100 MW...
started near the village of Torbeyevka . In 1919, the settlement of Shaturstroy was founded nearby, and in the 1920—the settlement of Chyornoye Ozero . In 1928, all three settlements were merged to form the settlement of Shatura, which was granted town status in 1936.