Shuyskoye is a
rural locality (a
selo) and the
administrative center of
Mezhdurechensky District of
Vologda Oblast,
Russia, located on the right bank of the
Sukhona River. It also serves as the administrative center of Sukhonsky Selsoviet, one of the eight selsoviets into which the district is administratively divided. Municipally, it is the administrative center of Sukhonskoye Rural Settlement. Population:
History
The area was originally populated by the
Finno-Ugric peoples and then colonized by the
Novgorod Republic. The principal direction of the colonization was along the Sukhona, which at the time was the main waterway connecting central Russia with the White Sea. In the 15th century, the area gradually went under the control of the
Grand Duchy of Moscow, after being split into insignificant principalities. The lands on the right bank of the Sukhona form the historical region of Mitropolye, the name originating from the fact that once they were dependent on the Metropolitan of Rostov. The selo of Shuyskoye was first mentioned in 1555 as
Shuysky Nizovets and achieved prominence as a settlement of shipbuilders, delivering ships mainly to Vologda.