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Vladimir-Suzdal (Russian: ... Little is known about the region until the 1090s, except that the town of Yaroslavl had been founded upon the upper Volga by 1071, ...
Date: 1125 - 1363. Key People: Rurik dynasty. Related Places: Russia. 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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This date has since been used as the official date of foundation of Suzdal, although as Suzdal was already in existence in 1024 it must have been founded sometime earlier. Some historians claim there is an even older mention of the city, which would mean the first mention came in 999 .
Founded before Moscow in the 7th century to 12th century, these places form the heartland of Russia and are known for the churches (some with golden domes), monasteries, wooden kremlin (city forts), museums and brightly-painted, northern-style wooden houses with carved doorways and windows.
History. Suzdal in 1912. The town's history dates back to 999 or 1024, and in 1125 Yury Dolgoruky made Suzdal the capital of the Rostov-Suzdal principality. [19] [20] Suzdal served as a capital at the time when Moscow has been described as "still a cluster of cowsheds". [8] .
- 15 km² (6 sq mi)
- 1024
- 115 m (377 ft)
- Russia
Jun 23, 2017 · March 5, 1972. / William Brumfield. For much of its history, the convent shared the turbulent fate of Suzdal, which suffered at the hands of invaders from the 13th to the early 17th...
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Suzdal (sōōz´dəl), city, central European Russia, NE Moscow. Its major industry is tourism. Founded c.1024 as a fortress town, it developed from the 11th to 12th cent. as an important city of the grand duchy of Vladimir-Suzdal (see Vladimir) and a political and religious center of NE Russia.
