Shuya, Ivanovo Oblast
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Shuya (Roushie: Шу́я) is the third lairgest toun in Ivanovo Oblast, Roushie; locatit on the Teza River. Population: 58,486 (2010 Census);[3] 62,449 (2002 Census);[9] 69,362 (1989 Census).[10]
Shuya Шуя | |
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 Resurrection Cathedral an its bell touer in Shuya | |
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Location o Shuya  | |
  Shuya Location o Shuya  Shuya Shuya (Ivanovo Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 56°51′00″N 41°22′00″E | |
| Kintra | Roushie |
| Federal subject | Ivanovo Oblast[1] |
| First mentioned | 1393 |
| Town status syne | 1778 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Head[2] | Natalya Koryagina (actin)[2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 33 km2 (13 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 58,486 |
| • Estimate (2018)[4] | 58,114 (−0.6%) |
| • Rank | 284t in 2010 |
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi) |
Admeenistrative status | |
| • Subordinatit tae | Toun o Shuya[5] |
| • Caipital o | Shuysky Destrict[1], Town of Shuya |
Municipal status | |
| • Urban okrug | Shuya Urban Okrug[6] |
| • Caipital o | Shuya Urban Okrug[6], Shuysky Municipal Destrict[6] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (Moscow Time  [7]) |
| Postal code(s)[8] | 185504 |
| Dialin code(s) | +7 49351 |
| OKTMO ID | 24711000001 |
| Website | www |
The first record o Shuya is datit bi 1393. Syne 1403, the aurie wis held bi a branch o the Hoose o Suzdal, that got thair name "Shuysky" fae the toun. In 1539, the toun wis herried bi Safa Giray o Kazan. In 1566, it wis takken bi Ivan the Terrible as his personal property intae Oprichnina. In 1722, the toun wis veesit bi Peter the Great, wha lenchit textile manufacturin thare. Toun status wis grantit tae it in 1778. Bi the 19t century, Shuya wis developit intae a major flax-processin centre, tho it haes been syne supersedit in importance bi the neebourin toun o Ivanovo.
Athin the framewirk o admeenistrative diveesions, Shuya sers as the admeenistrative centre o Shuysky Destrict,[1] even tho it isnae a pairt o it.[5] As an admeenistrative diveesion, it is incorporatit separately as the Toun o Shuya—an admeenistrative unit wi the status equal tae that o the destricts.[5] As a municipal diveesion, the Toun o Shuya is incorporatit as Shuya Urban Okrug.[6]
Nikolo-Shartomsky Abbey, situatit 12 kilometer (7.5 mi) frae Shuya, haes ane o the lairgest monastic commonties in Roushie. The closter wis first mentioned in 1425. It haes a cathedral frae 1652 an a refectory frae 1678. The belltouer o the Resurrection Cathedral, is the mucklest freestaundin bell touer in the warld.
Notable fowk frae Shuya include peasant Feodor Vassilyev, whase first wife still hauds the warld record for maist bairns iver born (saxty-nine). Mikhail Frunze led textile wirkers in the toun in a strike action in the Roushie Revolution o 1905.
- Leet o mucklest Orthodox kirks
- Shuysky
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