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VLADIMIR , a town of Russia, capital of the government of the same name known in history as Vladimir-on-the-Klyazma, to distinguish it from Vladimir in Volhynia
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Vladimir was founded in the 12th century. It first comes into notice in 1151, when Andrei Bogolyubskiy secretly left Vyshgorodthe domain of his father in the principality of Kiev and migrated to the newly settled land of Suzdal, where he became (1137) grand prince of the principalities of Vladimir, Suzdal and Rostov. In 1242 the principality was overrun by the Mongols under Batu Khan , and he and his successors asserted their suzerainty over it until 1328. During this period Vladimir became the chief
VLADIMIR-VOLHYNSKIY, a town of Russia, in the government of Volhynia
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Jews . Though not mentioned in the annals before 988, Vladimir was probably in existence in the gth century under the name of Ladomir. In the loth century it was the capital of the principality of Volhynia. The Tatars and the Lithuanians destroyed it several times, but it always recovered, and only fell into decay in the 17th century. It was finally annexed to Russia after the first division of Poland (1772). The ruins in and near the town include remains of a church supposed to have been built by Vladimir, grand duke of Kiev, in the loth-11th centuries, and of another built in 116o by his descendant Mstislay. This latter was apparently very well built, and its length exceeded that of the temple of St Sophia
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