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Vladimir (Russian: Влади́мир, IPA: [vlɐ'dʲimʲɪr] ⓘ) is a city and the administrative center of Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located on the Klyazma River, 200 kilometers (120 mi) east of Moscow.
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Vladimir, city and administrative centre of Vladimir oblast (region), western Russia, situated on the Klyazma River. Vladimir was founded in 1108 by Vladimir II Monomakh, grand prince of Kiev. The community became the centre of a princedom, deriving importance from trade along the Klyazma.
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Foundation of Vladimir
The first people began to settle in the territory of today’s Vladimir in the Paleolithic era, about 34 thousand years ago. In the 6th-7th centuries, the Volga-Finnish tribe of Merya settled here. In the 8th-10th centuries, on the hill where the Assumption Cathedral was later built, there had been a Meryan settlement. In the 9th-10th centuries, the Slavs began to settle here, in particular, the Krivichi. There are two alternative years for the founding of Vladimir: 1108 and 990. In the Soviet...
In the past, such variants of the name of the city as Vladimir-on-Klyazma and Vladimir-Zalessky were also used in connection with the existence of the town of the same name in South-Western Rus’ (Vladimir-Volynsky in Volyn Oblast of today’s Ukraine). Today’s coat of arms of Vladimir repeats its historical coat of arms with the following description...
The Golden Gate(1158-1164) - one of the main symbols of Vladimir, the only one of the surviving gates in the earthen rampart that encircled old Vladimir. In the 12th century, this gate served as the main entrance for the prince and his retinue to the central part of the town. The Golden Gate got its name because in the past the gates were sheathed ...
Vladimir (Russian: Влади́мир, IPA: [vlɐ'dʲimʲɪr] ) is a city and the administrative center (capital city) of Vladimir Oblast, Russia. It is on the Klyazma River, 200 kilometers (120 mi) east of Moscow. It is has a railway and the M7 motorway.
Vladimir Oblast (Russian: Влади́мирская о́бласть, romanized: Vladimirskaya oblastʹ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Vladimir , which is located 190 kilometers (120 mi) east of Moscow .
