Shuya, Ivanovo Oblast (original) (raw)

Town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia

Town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia

Shuya Шуя
Town[1]
Resurrection Cathedral and its bell tower in ShuyaResurrection Cathedral and its bell tower in Shuya
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Coordinates: 56°51′00″N 41°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 (2010 Census)[3]
• Total 58,486
• Rank 283rd in 2010
• Density 1,757/km2 (4,550/sq mi)
Administrative status
• Subordinated to Town of Shuya[4]
• Capital of Shuysky District,[1] Town of Shuya
Municipal status
• Urban okrug Shuya Urban Okrug[5]
• Capital of Shuya Urban Okrug,[5] Shuysky Municipal District[5]
Time zone UTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[6])
Postal code(s)[7] 155900—155906, 155908, 155912
Dialing code(s) +7 49351
OKTMO ID 24711000001
Website www.okrugshuya.ru

Shuya (Russian: Шу́я, pronounced [ˈʂujə]) is the third largest town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. The town is built on the high left bank of the navigable Teza river, a tributary of the Klyazma 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 in central Russia.[8]

Central Market Place, 1890s

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 of Suzdal, which got their name "Shuysky" after the town.[_citation needed_] In 1539, the town was sacked by Safa Giray of Kazan.[_citation needed_] In 1566, it was taken by Ivan the Terrible as his personal property into Oprichnina.[_citation needed_]

In 1722, Shuya was visited by Peter 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By the 19th century, Shuya was developed into a major flax-processing center, although it has been since superseded in importance by the neighboring town of Ivanovo.

Administrative and municipal status

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Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shuya serves as the administrative center of Shuysky District,[1] even though it is not a part of it.[4] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the Town of Shuya—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[4] As a municipal division, the Town of Shuya is incorporated as Shuya 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 a cathedral from 1652 and a refectory church from 1678.

The belltower of the Resurrection Cathedral in Shuya is the tallest freestanding bell tower in the world.

Notable people from Shuya include peasant Feodor 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 the Revolution of 1905.

According to the 1911 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 gilt cupolas.[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 of sheepskins 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]

International cooperation

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Shuya is twinned with the following cities and municipalities:

  1. ^ a b c d Law #145-OZ
  2. ^ a b Official website of the Administration of Shuya. Natalya Vladimirovna Koryagina, Head of the Administration of Shuya (in Russian)
  3. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. ^ a b c Law #145-OZ stipulates that the borders of the administrative districts are identical to the borders of the municipal districts. The Law #52-OZ, which describes the borders and the composition of Shuysky District, does not list the town of Shuya as a part of that district.
  5. ^ a b c d Law #124-OZ
  6. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Shuya" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  9. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  10. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 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 of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  11. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  12. ^ "Božović potpisao Sporazum o bratimljenju Istočne Ilidže sa ruskim gradom Šuje". citajfilter.com. June 18, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.