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Rus' towns
- LvivKing Daniel of Galicia founded the city in 1250 to honor his son Lev. Archaeologists have found evidence that people settled this area as early as the fifth…
- Nizhny NovgorodOn the 4th of February 1221, Prince George II of Vladimir established a small wooden hillfort at the confluence of the Oka and Volga rivers.
- YaroslavlOn the left bank of the Volga River, archaeologists have uncovered a settlement dating from the 5th to the 3rd millennium BCE.
- MuromIn the 9th century AD, a settlement marked the easternmost point of East Slav presence in the land of the Finnic Muromians.
- KurskThe first written record of Kursk dates back to 1032. Prince Igor mentioned the town in The Tale of Igor's Campaign as a place where his swift steeds were…
- PolotskThe Primary Chronicle recorded Polotsk in the year 862 alongside Murom and Belozersk. Archaeologists from the Institute of History of the National Academy of…
- BarysawThe Laurentian Codex records the year 1102 as the moment Barysaw first appeared in written history. Prince Rogvolod Vseslavich of Polotsk established this…
- SuzdalThe year 999 marks the first recorded mention of Suzdal, a settlement that would eventually become one of Russia's most significant historical centers.
- MoscowMoscow holds the second-highest number of billionaires of any city in the world, tied with Hong Kong. It stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, the…
- SmolenskThe year 863 marks the first recorded mention of Smolensk in historical texts. This date places the city's origins two years after the founding of Kievan…
- Vladimir, RussiaThe year 990 stands as the official founding date of Vladimir, Russia. Local historians and city administration support this claim through reinterpreted…
- KyivThe name Kyiv comes from a legendary figure named Kyi, one of four brothers who supposedly founded the city. The Primary Chronicle tells this story…