a town of European Russia, capital of a circle in the government and 60 miles N.N.E. of Vladimir, on the Tesin, which is here crossed by two handsome bridges. It contains five churches, several schools, and an hospital. It is chiefly, however, as a manufacturing town that Schuja is remarkable; it had in 1855 no less than 65 manufactories, among which were 18 for weaving, 10 for calico-printing, 4 for tanning, &c. The total value of goods manufactured here in 1855 was about L500,000. Schuja is thus the most important manufacturing town in Russia, and has been distinguished from a remote period for its industrial activity, and the intelligence of its inhabitants. Pop. 8414.