[1] The first known official written mention of Shchuchyn is recorded in 1436, but its foundation as a settlement dates back to 1537, when 'Shchuchyn was mentioned in the Book of Acts of the Lithuanian Metrica (the Book of Lithuanian vital records), kept in the Governmental archive in Lithuania.

In the first half of the 17th century, Shchuchyn was governed by the outsider marshal of the Lithuanian principality, Scipio de Campo.

[2] In 1742, Teresa Scypionowa founded a monastery of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy and a hospital.

The biggest was in the time of the North War, after the town was seized by the Swedish king Karl XII.

In 1919 the Red Army attempted to seize the territory land by taking and fortifying the Martinkantsy - Shchuchyn - Shchara - lake Vygonovskoe line.

Most famously in the early 1990s it was a home of about 40 MiG-25BM defense-suppression aircraft, which represents the vast majority of this modification of MiG-25 ever produced.

The economy of Shchuchyn is primarily based on industries such as agriculture, food processing, and timber production.