Kideksha () is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

('' selo'') in Seletskoye Rural Settlement,

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

Vladimir Oblast Vladimir Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Vladimir, which is located east of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census, the oblast's population was 1,443,693. The UNESCO World Heritage L ...

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, located at the

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of the Kamenka and Nerl Rivers, east of

Suzdal Suzdal (, ) is a Types of inhabited localities in Russia, town that serves as the administrative center of Suzdalsky District in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, which is located along the Kamenka tributary of the Nerl (Klyazma), Nerl River, north o ...

. The name derives from ''keaδkē'' (stone) and ''śäčä'' (flood), hence "stony river"; the Russian "Kamenka" has a similar meaning. The settlement was founded before the Church of Boris and Gleb was built in 1152 by

Yuri Dolgoruky Yuri I Vladimirovich (; ; c. 1099 – 15 May 1157), commonly known as Yuri Dolgorukiy (, ) or the Long Arm, was a Monomakhovichi prince of Rostov and Suzdal, acquiring the name ''Suzdalia'' during his reign. Noted for successfully curbing t ...

. Kideksha used to be a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

, but, after having been destroyed during the Mongol invasion of Rus, it degraded to a small village. Kideksha is a part of the

Golden Ring of Russia The Golden Ring of Russia () unites old Russian cities of five Oblasts of Russia, Oblasts – usually excluding Moscow – as a well-known Scenic route, theme-route. The grouping is centred northeast of the capital in what was the north ...

and, since 1992, is one of Russia's

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s (see

White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal The White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, have been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The patrimony embraces eight medieval limestone monuments of Zalesye from the late 12th and early 13th centuries. They inclu ...

).White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
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Rural localities in Suzdalsky District Golden Ring of Russia {{Suzdalsky-geo-stub