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- In the 12th century the princes of Kiev moved to Suzdal and then Vladimir which became the effective capital of Russia in 1169.
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Moscow was the capital of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1918, which then became the Soviet Union (1922 to 1991), and since 1991 has served as capital of the Russian Federation.
The rise of Moscow as capital. By the second half of the 15th century, especially after the annexation of Novgorod in 1478, Moscow had become the undisputed centre of a unified Russian state.
The lands of the North-Eastern Russia, including Moscow, Vladimir, Suzdal, were relatively unharmed during the Mongol-Tatar invasion, which crushed the Kievan Rus’ and the duchies of Southern...
Suzdal, medieval principality that occupied the area between the Oka River and the Upper Volga in northeastern Russia. During the 12th to 14th centuries, Suzdal was under the rule of a branch of the Rurik dynasty .
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Suzdal served as a capital at the time when Moscow has been described as "still a cluster of cowsheds". In 1157, Andrei Bogolyubsky moved the capital from Suzdal to Vladimir, from which time the principality was known as Vladimir-Suzdal.
In the late fourteenth century, the principal object of worship of the "old" capital—the icon of the Theotokos of Vladimir —was transferred to Moscow. Vladimir became a model for Muscovy. [citation needed] Emphasizing the succession, Muscovite princes took good care of Vladimir's sacred places.
2 days ago · Moscow, city, capital of Russia since the late 13th century. It is not only the political center of Russia but also the country’s most populous city and its industrial, cultural, scientific, and educational capital. Moscow has also been the spiritual center of the Russian Orthodox Church for over 600 years.
