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Dmitry of Suzdal, who remained without troops, fled to Suzdal. The Nizhny Novgorod army fled to the neighboring Gorodets. On 5 August 1377, the Horde army conquered Nizhny Novgorod. The city was burnt. A year later, on July 24, 1378, the city was re-conquered. [9] Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal did not participate in the 1380 Battle of Kulikovo. [10]
Dmitry of Suzdal, who remained without troops, fled to Suzdal. The Nizhny Novgorod army fled to the neighboring Gorodets. On 5 August 1377, the Horde army conquered Nizhny Novgorod. The city was burnt. A year later, on July 24, 1378, the city was re-conquered. [13] Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal did not participate in the 1380 Battle of Kulikovo. [14]
From 1331, the prince of Moscow was also the grand prince of Vladimir, except for one brief interruption from 1359 to 1363, when the throne was held by Nizhny Novgorod. [10] In 1389, the grand principality became a family possession of the prince of Moscow and the two thrones were united. [11]
The current Nizhny Novgorod fair is an interactive museum. The inauguration of the governor and various official events are held in the armorial hall. World Trade centre Nizhny Novgorod. Currently, trade in Nizhny Novgorod is represented mainly by its retail sector. In the 1990s, Belinsky Street was actively built up with shopping centres.
The town was founded in 1152 by Prince Yury Dolgoruky (also the founder of Moscow) as a large fortress on the Volga River, the first Russian fortress in today's Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. [citation needed] It was a starting point for numerous campaigns of the princes of Vladimir and Suzdal against Volga Bulgaria.
In 1720, provinces were officially formed in Russia, including the Nizhny Novgorod province, which included the Nizhegorodsky, Balakhninsky and Yuryevetsky Uezds. According to Peter's plan, the province was to become the highest regional division, like the former county, but this decree did not cancel the division into provinces.
The khans therefore started awarding the grand princely title to Moscow's rivals; [20] in 1353, Konstantin Vasilyevich [ru; uk] of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal was given the title of grand prince of Vladimir, [21] and in 1371 it was Mikhail II of Tver. [21] But by that time it was too late for the Golden Horde to curb the rise of Muscovy. [22] Volga ...
The White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, [1] have been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [2] [3] The patrimony embraces eight medieval limestone monuments of Zalesye [citation needed] from the late 12th and early 13th centuries. [2] They include Russian Orthodox churches and a monastery, [1] as well as a ...