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town in the See also:government of See also:Vladimir, 68 m. by See also:rail N.E. of the town of Vladimir. It is one of the See also:chief centres of the See also:cotton and See also:linen See also:industries in See also:middle See also:Russia. It is built on the high See also:left See also:bank of the navigable Teza, a tributary of the Klyazma, with two suburbs on the right bank. See also:Annalists mention princes of Shuya in 1403. Its first linen manufactures were established in 1755; but in ISoo its See also:population did not exceed 1500. In 1882 it had 19,56o inhabitants, and 18,968 in 1897. Tanneries, especially for the preparation of sheepskins—widely renowned throughout Russia—still maintain their importance, although this See also:industry has migrated to a See also:great extent to the See also:country districts. The See also:cathedral (1799) is a large See also:building, with five gilt cupolas. Nearly every See also:village in the vicinity has a specialty of its own—bricks, pottery, wheels, toys, packing-boxes, looms and other See also:weaving implements, See also:house See also:furniture, See also:sieves, combs, boots, gloves, See also:felt goods, candles, and so on. The manufacture of linen and cotton in the villages, as well as the preparation and manufacture of sheepskins and rough gloves, occupies about 40,000 peasants. The Shuya merchants carry on an active See also:trade in these products all over Russia, and in See also:corn, See also:spirits, See also:salt and other See also:food stuffs, imported.

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