Politics

Andrei Bogolyubsky

Local figure

Addresses you can still visit

Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.

  • Created here

    Church of the Meeting of the Vladimir Icon

    Tradition says he ordered the original wooden church commemorating the meeting of the Vladimir icon.

  • Created here

    Church of the Transfiguration

    He established the princely court and its original white-stone Church of the Savior on this site.

  • Created here

    Galeysky Rampart

    The surviving rampart formed part of the enlarged fortified city associated with his twelfth-century building program.

  • Created here

    Kozlov Rampart

    The prince ordered the expansion and fortification of Vladimir that produced the defensive line represented by Kozlov Rampart.

  • Commemorated here

    Monument to the Baptizers of the Vladimir Land

    A relief figure places him within the monument’s genealogy of Vladimir rulers and saints.

  • Lived here

    Spassky Hill

    The prince maintained his Vladimir city court on Spassky Hill in the 12th century.

  • Created here

    Transfiguration Church

    He established his princely court here and built a white-stone Church of the Savior on the site in 1164.

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