Maloshuyka

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CountryRussia
Elevation
52 m (171 ft)
Maloshuyka
Малошуйка
Location of Maloshuyka
Maloshuyka is located in Russia
Maloshuyka
Maloshuyka
Location of Maloshuyka
Maloshuyka is located in Arkhangelsk Oblast
Maloshuyka
Maloshuyka
Maloshuyka (Arkhangelsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 63°42′57″N 37°27′11″E / 63.71583°N 37.45306°E / 63.71583; 37.45306
CountryRussia
Federal subjectArkhangelsk Oblast
Administrative districtOnezhsky District[1]
Elevation
52 m (171 ft)
Population
  Total
2,886
  Municipal districtOnezhsky Municipal District[3]
  Urban settlementMaloshuyskoye Urban Settlement[3]
  Capital ofMaloshuyskoye Urban Settlement[3]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code(s)[5]
164894Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID11646162051

Maloshuyka (Russian: Малошу́йка) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Onezhsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Maloshuyka River 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) off the White Sea coast and 40 kilometers (25 mi) southwest of the town of Onega. Municipally, it is the administrative center of Maloshuyskoye Urban Settlement, one of the two urban settlements in the district. Population: 2,886(2010 Census);[2] 3,164(2002 Census);[6] 3,972(1989 Soviet census).[7].

Saint Nicholas church from a 1915 postcard.

Maloshuyka is an old Pomor village. In 1924, it became the administrative center of Pomorskaya Volost of Onezhsky Uyezd, Arkhangelsk Governorate.[8] On July 15, 1929, all volosts were abolished, and Maloshuyka became the center of Maloshuysky Selsoviet of Onezhsky District, Northern Krai.

Maloshuyka was granted urban-type settlement status in 1943.

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