Principality of Rostov-Suzdal

State · 1056–1240 CE · at its largest around 1227 CE

North-eastern Rus' principality that rose under Yuri Dolgorukiy and Andrey Bogolyubsky, who moved its capital to Vladimir; it was overrun by the Mongols in 1237–38.

On its lands while it lasted

• Rostov Veliky (c. 1125 CE): Capital of Principality of Rostov-Suzdal (1125–1240), Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal (1294–1389).
• Moscow (1147 CE): First mentioned in chronicles in 1147 as a meeting place called by Yuri Dolgoruky; Moscow later became the capital of a unified Russia.

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