Shuya Шуя | |
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| Coordinates:56°51′00″N41°22′00″E / 56.85000°N 41.36667°E /56.85000; 41.36667 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Ivanovo Oblast[1] |
| First mentioned | 1393 |
| Town status since | 1778 |
| Government | |
| • Head[2] | Natalya Koryagina (acting)[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 33.29 km2 (12.85 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 58,486 |
| • Rank | 283rd in 2010 |
| • Density | 1,757/km2 (4,550/sq mi) |
| • Subordinated to | Town of Shuya[4] |
| • Capital of | Shuysky District,[1] Town of Shuya |
| • Urban okrug | Shuya Urban Okrug[5] |
| • Capital of | Shuya Urban Okrug,[5] Shuysky Municipal District[5] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [6]) |
| Postal codes[7] | 155900—155906, 155908, 155912 |
| Dialing code | +7 49351 |
| OKTMO ID | 24711000001 |
| Website | www |
Shuya (Russian:Шу́я,pronounced[ˈʂujə]) is the third largesttown inIvanovo Oblast,Russia. The town is built on the high left bank of the navigableTeza river, a tributary of theKlyazma river, with two suburbs on the right bank.[8] Population:55,225 (2021 census);[9]58,486 (2010 census);[3]62,449 (2002 census);[10]69,362 (1989 Soviet census);[11] 18,968 (in 1897);[8] 19,560 (in 1882).[8]
Shuya is one of the chief centers of the cotton and linen industries incentral Russia.[8]
The first record of Shuya is dated by 1393.[citation needed] Annalists mention princes of Shuya in 1403.[8] Since 1403, the area was held by a branch of the House ofSuzdal, which got their name "Shuysky" after the town.[citation needed] In 1539, the town was sacked bySafa Giray of Kazan.[citation needed] In 1566, it was taken byIvan the Terrible as his personal property intoOprichnina.[citation needed]
In 1722, Shuya was visited byPeter the Great, who launched textile manufacturing there.[citation needed] The town's first linen manufactures were established in 1755.[8] Town status was granted to it in 1778.[citation needed]
By the 19th century, Shuya was developed into a majorflax-processing center, although it has been since superseded in importance by the neighboring town ofIvanovo.
Within theframework of administrative divisions, Shuya serves as theadministrative center ofShuysky District,[1] even though it is not a part of it.[4] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as theTown of Shuya—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of thedistricts.[4] As amunicipal division, the Town of Shuya is incorporated asShuya Urban Okrug.[5]
Nikolo-Shartomsky Monastery, situated 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) from Shuya, has one of the largest monastic communities in Russia. It was first mentioned in 1425. It has acathedral from 1652 and arefectory church from 1678.
Thebelltower of theResurrection Cathedral in Shuya is thetallest freestanding bell tower in the world.
Notable people from Shuya include peasantFeodor Vassilyev, whose first wife still holds the world record for most children ever born (sixty-nine).Mikhail Frunze led textile workers in the town in a strike action during theRevolution of 1905.
According to the1911 Encyclopedia Britannica,tanneries, especially for the preparation of sheepskins—widely renowned throughout Russia—still maintain their importance, although this industry has migrated to a great extent to the country districts.[8] The cathedral (1799) is a large building, with five giltcupolas.[8] Nearly every village in the vicinity has a specialty of its own—bricks, pottery, wheels, toys, packing-boxes, looms and other weaving implements, house furniture, sieves, combs, boots, gloves, felt goods, candles, and so on.[8]
As of 1911, the manufacture of linen and cotton in the villages, as well as the preparation and manufacture ofsheepskins and rough gloves, occupied about 40,000 peasants.[8] The Shuya merchants carry on an active trade in these products all over Russia, and in corn, spirits, salt and other food stuffs, imported.[8]
Shuya is twinned with the following cities and municipalities:
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