Overview of Vladimir: History

Vladimir was founded in 1108 by Vladimir Monomakh. There is an alternative version that ascribes the foundation of the city to Vladimir the Red Sun in 990. Yet the exact year does not seem to be very important for the average traveler, since the oldest existing monuments date back only to the middle of 12th century. Read More »

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Overview of Vladimir: History is based on Vladimir by Globe-trotter, Andrey Selskiy, Ekaterina, Peter Fitzgerald, Stefan Ertmann, Ron Pope, Alexander Tsirlin, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.