Bogolyubovo (russian: Боголю́бово) is a

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...

(a settlement) in

Suzdalsky District Suzdalsky District (russian: Су́здальский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #130-OZ and municipalLaw #190-OZ district (raion), one of the sixteen in Vladimir Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of t ...

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, located some northeast of Vladimir, the

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of the

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. Population: 3,900 (1969).

History

It was built between 1158 and 1165 by the order of

Andrey Bogolyubsky Andrew I (died 28 June 1174), his Russian name in full, Andrey Yuryevich Bogolyubsky "Andrew made Vladimir the centre of the grand principality and placed a series of his relatives on the now secondary princely throne of Kiev. Later he also com ...

at the mouth of the Nerl River (where it flows into the

Klyazma River The Klyazma (, ''Klyaz'ma''), a river in the Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Ivanovo and Vladimir Oblasts in Russia, forms a left tributary of the Oka.Russian Orthodox Christians believe that Bogolyubovo was founded on the spot where Bogolyubsky saw a miraculous vision of the ''

Theotokos ''Theotokos'' ( Greek: ) is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are ''Dei Genitrix'' or '' Deipara'' (approximately "parent (fem.) of God"). Familiar English translations a ...

'', who commanded him to build a church and a monastery on this spot. Consequently, the

Church of the Intercession on the Nerl The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl (russian: Церковь Покрова на Нерли, Tserkov Pokrova na Nerli) is a Russian Orthodox church and a symbol of medieval Russia. Dedicated to the Intercession of the Theotokos, the churc ...

was built here. The church has been on

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List since 1992.UNESCO. World Heritage. White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
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Bogolyubsky also commissioned the icon of the apparition of the Theotokos. This icon has been known as the Bogolubskaya Icon of the Theotokos. After Bogolyubsky's death, Bogolyubovo was ravaged and ransacked by

Gleb of Ryazan Gleb (Russian and be, Глеб) or Hlib ( uk, Гліб) is a Slavic male given name derived from the Old Norse name ''Guðleifr'', which means "heir of god." According to another version, the name Gleb comes from the name Olaf. It is popular in Rus ...

in 1177. In the 1230s, the

Mongols The Mongols ( mn, Монголчууд, , , ; ; russian: Монголы) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, Inner Mongolia in China and the Buryatia Republic of the Russian Federation. The Mongols are the principal member ...

destroyed its fortifications. In 1960–2006, Bogolyubovo had

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

status.

References

External links

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Main sights in BogolyubovoInformation about the Bogolyubovo Monastery
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