Шуя / Shuya in the 1900’s

Дореволюционная Россия на фотографиях Шуя 1900-x Pre-revolutionary Russia in photographs Shuya in the 1900’s Located in Ivanovo Oblast, Shuya was originally founded ion 1393. From 1403, the area of the settlement was held by a branch of the House of Suzdal. They gained their name from the settlement of “Shuysky“, the patrimony of the Princes Shuisky. In 1539, the town was sacked by Safa Giray of Kazan. In 1566, it was taken by Ivan the Terrible as his personal property into Oprichnina. In 1722, the to