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Shuya

town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia
Place city_or_town Q198358

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
city or town, city/town in Russia[7]
Inception
1539[11]
Country
Russia, Russian Empire, Soviet Union, Tsardom of Russia[3][4][5][6]
Official website
www.okrugshuya.ru[12]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 56.850°, 41.367°
Capital of
Shuysky District, Shuya Urban Okrug, Shuya Okrug, Shuysky Uyezd[34][35][36][37]
Area
+33
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28][29][30][31][32][33]
Elevation above sea level
+100
Flag
flag of Shuya[8]
List of monuments
list of cultural heritage monuments in Shuya, Ivanovo Oblast[38]
Local dialing code
49351[10]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Shuysky District, Shuya Urban Okrug, Shuysky Uyezd[2]
Native label
Шуя[39]
Population
53k (9.3k–72k, n=36)[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
Postal code
185504[9]
Time of earliest written record
1539[27]
🏷️ Also known as
en Shuia en Shuya ar شوايا cs Šuja da Sjuja de Schuja fa شویا fr Chouïa he שויה ja シューヤ ko 슈야 nl Sjoeja pl Szuja ru Шуя tr Şuya zh 舒亚 zh-hant 舒亞
🔖 Identifiers · 19
VIAF cluster ID
239688920
GND ID
7675124-7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Shuya resurrection cathedral.JPG ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Shuya
Freebase ID
/m/059ngz
GNS Unique Feature ID
-3003991
GeoNames ID
493231
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4923938
INaturalist place ID
41902
MusicBrainz area ID
62505794-08d5-45a0-9ff7-15850fd1b1fa
NL CR AUT ID
ge568956
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007559833905171
Show all 19 identifiers +7
OKATO ID
24411000000
OKTMO ID
24711000001
Quora topic ID
Shuya-Ivanovo-Oblast-Russia
Topic's main category
Category:Shuya
UN/LOCODE
RUSBT
Who's on First ID
102002793
Yale LUX ID
place/a998de4b-42a8-4884-b7bb-12814591f3e0

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🔗 Connections
People born here 8
Lyudmila Chernykh, Pavel Alexeyevich Belov, Fyodor Vasilyev, Anna Kotikova, Boris Balmont, Vasily Luzhsky, Olha Hrushevska, Valentina Vassilyev
Country 4
Russia, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
People who died here 3
Fyodor Vasilyev, Christian Usinger, Valentina Vassilyev
Named after 2
4196 Shuya, Shuysky
Capital of 1
Shuysky District
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Shuysky District
Located in time zone 1
UTC+03:00
Topic's main category 1
Category:Shuya
← Capital 1
Shuysky District
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Shuya
← FactGrid item ID 1
Bicknoller
← Headquarters location 1
Shuya Eparchy
← Work location 1
Ilya Bondarenko
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Summary

Shuya is a city or town[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Shuya include Shuysky[40], a noble family[41], in Russia[42] and 4196 Shuya[43], an asteroid[44].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Shuya include Shuysky[40], a noble family[41], in Russia[42] and 4196 Shuya[43], an asteroid[44].

Related Entities

Lyudmila Chernykh Russia Russian Empire Tsardom of Russia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . OKTMO. 179/2016.. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . OKTMO. 179/2016.. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Q126811708. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Q126811708. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Q126811708. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Q126811708. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Q126688840. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Q126683186. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Q126683348. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Q126811708. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Q126811708. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Q126936524. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . istmat.org. istmat.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Q126936524. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . Q126811708. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . Q126811708. wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . OKTMO. 179/2016.. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . OKTMO. 179/2016.. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
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  2. 15w ago · Mitte27 · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → city or town, city/town in Russia
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary +4
    Population → {'amount': '+9300'}, {'amount': '+19600'}, {'amount': '+35500'} +33
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  3. 24w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Inception → +1539-00-00T00:00:00Z
    List of monuments → list of cultural heritage monuments in Shuya, Ivanovo Oblast
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary +4
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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