Shuja

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Schuja (disambiguation) .

city Shuya Шуя flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Ivanovo Urban district Shuja head Oleg Vorobyov First mention 1393 City since 1778 surface 33  km² population 58,486 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1772 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 100  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49351 Post Code 155900-155912 License Plate 37, 137 OKATO 24 411 Website http://www.okrugshuya.ru/ Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 51 ′  N , 41 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 56 ° 51 ′ 0 ″  N , 41 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Ivanovo Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Shuja ( Russian Шуя ) is a Russian city ​​with 58,486 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in Ivanovo Oblast . It is located around 300 km northeast of Moscow and 32 km southeast of the regional capital, Ivanovo, on the Tesa , a tributary of the Kljasma . The nearest town is Kochma , 20 km northwest of Shuja.

Economy, history

The city, known since the 14th century, was originally a trading center. In the 19th century, flax processing established itself here, as in other cities in the region . The trade and processing of sheepskins was also an important economic factor at the time. In 1877, more than 30 villages with around 5000 people in Shuja County were processing raw sheepskins into sheep clothing. In total, this was about 600,000 furs and 60,000 pairs of gloves worth 2,300,000 rubles.

Today Shuja has a number of industries including cotton processing and synthetic fiber factories, breweries, particle board production and others. Several educational institutions are also based here.

Attractions

The city and its surroundings are a treasure trove of various architectural styles with several magnificent palaces and former noble residences. Here there is, among other things, the palace that Elisabeth of Russia lived in in 1729. Also worth seeing is the highest free-standing bell tower in the world at 106 meters, built in 1832, which belongs to the Resurrection Cathedral (1798).

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  Bell tower of the Resurrection Cathedral

Population development

year	Residents
1897	19,583
1939	57,910
1959	64,562
1970	68,781
1979	72,263
1989	69,362
2002	62,449
2010	58,486

Note: census data

sons and daughters of the town

• Fjodor Wassiljew (approx. 1707 - after 1782), Russian farmer and father of multiple births many times
• Lyudmila Ivanovna Tschernych (1935–2017), Russian astronomer
• Andrei Fedosov (* 1986), Russian boxer

The city as namesake

The asteroid (4196) Shuya , discovered on September 16, 1982, has been named after the city since 1991.

See also

• List of tallest church towers and sacred buildings in the world

Web links

Commons : Schuja  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Shuja on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• http://www.tourizm.ivanovo.ru/M1-5-3 ( Memento from January 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ↑ Small communications . In: Carl Röttger: Russian Revue XIII. Volume, St. Petersburg, 1878, p. 86. Last accessed January 28, 2020.
3. ↑ Федосов Андрей Сергеевич , ruspekh.ru (Russian)
4. ↑ Андрей Федосов , vringe.com (Russian)
5. ↑ Федосов Андрей Сергеевич , rusboxing.ru (Russian)
6. ↑ Minor Planet Circ. 18456