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Church Attractions In Suzdal

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Suzdal is a town and the administrative center of Suzdalsky District in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located on the Kamenka River, 26 kilometers north of the city of Vladimir, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 10,535.Suzdal is one of the oldest Russian towns. In the 12th century it became the capital of the principality, with Moscow being merely one of its subordinate settlements. Nowadays Suzdal is the smallest of the Russian Golden Ring towns with population of around 10,000, but is a major tourist attraction. Several of its monuments are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
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  • 2. Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral Suzdal
    Cathedral of the Nativity, and its variants, can refer to: AlbaniaShkodër Orthodox Cathedral EgyptCathedral of the Nativity in Cairo LatviaNativity Cathedral, RigaMoldovaNativity Cathedral, ChișinăuRussiaCathedral of the Nativity in SuzdalSouth AfricaCathedral of the Holy Nativity, PietermaritzburgTransnistriaChurch of the Nativity, Tiraspol, also known as the Cathedral of the Birth of ChristUnited StatesCathedral Church of the Nativity
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  • 6. St. Nicholas Church Suzdal
    Saint Petersburg is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow, with 5 million inhabitants in 2012, part of the Saint Petersburg agglomeration with a population of 6.2 million . An important Russian port on the Baltic Sea, it has a status of a federal subject . Situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, it was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May [O.S. 16 May] 1703. On 1 September 1914, the name was changed from Saint Petersburg to Petrograd , on 26 January 1924 to Leningrad , and on 1 October 1991 back to Saint Petersburg. During the periods 1713–1728 and 1732–1918, Saint Petersburg was the capital of Imperial Russia. In 1918, the central government bodies moved to Moscow, which is about 625 km to the south-east. Saint Petersburg is one of th...
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  • 8. Church of Saint Stephen Suzdal
    The Church of Boris and Gleb is a church built in 1152, on the orders of Prince Yuri Dolgoruky, in Kideksha on the Nerl River, where the encampment of Saint Boris had been[1]. It was probably part of the princely palace complex, but was only used by Dolgorukii for a few years before he left to become Grand Prince of Kiev in 1155. The village, four kilometers east of Suzdal, was an important town before it was destroyed by the Mongols and declined in stature. The church, built in limestone probably by architects from Galicia, is a four-piered, three-apse church. It is one of the oldest in the district and one of the few churches built by Dolgorukii that is still extant. It retains fragments of frescoes dating back to the twelfth century. In the medieval period it was the site of a monastery...
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