The Golden Ring Of Russia: Vladimir — Suzdal

Vladimir-Suzdal Rus is an area of luxurious natural and architectural beauty.

Here, in the very heart of Russia, one can really get to know the Russia of princes, tsars, folk tales and feel the heartbeat of its ancient history. Vladimir is over one thousand years old.

It was founded by prince Vladimir of Kiev on the high bank of the Klyazma river at the end of the 10th century. At the beginning of the 12th century the city was fortified by prince Vladimir Monomakh and at the middle of the 12th century Vladimir became the capital of the Vladimir-Suzdal principality and of the North-Eastern Russia.

Andrei Bogolyubsky’s younger brother Vsevolod the Big Nest preserved and added to the magnificence of the city.

He constructed the Kremlin with the cathedral of St.Demetrius, the Nativity monastery with the white stone cathedral, the Princess Convent and the most sacred thing of the principality - the Assumption cathedral.

The first reference to Suzdal was made in the…