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RUSSIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE
THROUGH THE CENTURIES

 
 

Vladimir and Suzdal'

 
 

The second half of the 12th century witnessed constant internecine struggles among Russian princes and a rather rapid political and cultural eclipse of Kiev. At the same time, there was recorded a rapid growth of Vladimir, originally a small village on the river Kliazma which Vladimir Monomakh turned into a fortified town in the beginning of the 12th century. Vladimir rapidly became an important trading center and a town of capable craftsmen. As such it attracted attention of Prince Andrei Bogoliubsky, 1157-1174, son of Yuri Dolgoruky and ruler of Rostov-Suzdal, who moved his throne to Vladimir.

 
 

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