Suzdal

 

Suzdal, full of Suzdal Principality, Russia full of Suzdalskoye Knyazhestvo, an ancient empire located between the Oka River and the Upper Volga in northeastern Russia. During the 12th and 14th centuries, Suzdal was under the rule of the Rurik dynasty. As one of the subsequent provinces of Kiev, greatness gained great political and economic significance, beginning to shine during the reign of Andrey Bogolyubsky (1157-74), who conquered Kiev (1169) and passed the title "great prince" from what the ancient capital was to Suzdal, then Vladimir, his new capital on the Klyazma River. He and his brother and successor, Vsevolod III (1176-1212), formed a strong political system and, like the rulers of the Grand Principality of Vladimir, became the emperors of the Russian monarchy. They encouraged their subordinates to develop professionalism and build new churches, palaces and cities.

Suzdal officials, however, began to view their territories as independent, legitimate, and, contrary to Russian custom, divided them among their heirs. Suzdal-Vladimir was then dispersed into smaller emperors (13th and 14th centuries), the so-called Vladimir emperor. After the Tatar invasion (1237-40), they came under the control of the Golden Horde. Prince Konstantin Vasilyevich (1332-55) attempted to rebuild the lands of Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod, which was converted by Tatar khan Jani Beg into a large new duchy (c. 1342). His son Dmitry was the great prince of Vladimir (1359-62). However, the title of the great prince soon returned to the authorities of Moscow, and in 1392 Prince Vasily I Dmitriyevich of Moscow annexed the Suzdal - Nizhny Novgorod region.

In Suzdal there are no tall buildings to preserve the buildings of the old Russian city. They have been rejected. The air is very clean in Suzdal as there are no factories there.

Perhaps, this city is the perfect place to understand and get to know Russia better. It may seem to you that it is possible to meet the heroes of real heroes from Russian folk tales in Suzdal.

Suzdal is "an open-air museum". Most of the Suzdal monasteries are located on the banks of the Kamenka River, which is why these sites are very complete.

In the XII century during the reign of Yuri Dolgoruky Suzdal was the capital of the Rostov-Suzdal Principality, but at that time the capital moved to Vladimir. The Principal's name was replaced by the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality.

Since the XIII century Suzdal was the capital of an independent Principality. At the beginning of the XIV century the city became the capital of the Suzdal-Nizhny Novgorod Principality. In 1392 it became part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and gradually lost its original significance.