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Gorodets Culture
Gorodets may refer to: *Gorodets Urban Settlement, a municipal formation which the town of district significance of Gorodets in Gorodetsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia is incorporated as * Gorodets, Russia, several inhabited localities in Russia * Krasny Gorodets {{place name disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorodets, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Gorodets (russian: Городе́ц) is a town and the administrative center of Gorodetsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Volga River, northwest of Nizhny Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 34,000 (1970). History The town was founded in 1152 by Prince Yury Dolgoruky (also the founder of Moscow) as a large fortress on the Volga River, the first Russian fortress in today's Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. It was a starting point for numerous campaigns of the princes of Vladimir and Suzdal against Volga Bulgaria. In 1216, Yury II of Vladimir was dethroned by his brother and exiled here. In 1239, the town was burned to the ground by Batu Khan's army. Folk tradition identifies Gorodets with Little Kitezh, a legendary town destroyed by the Mongols. In 1263, Alexander Nevsky died in Gorodets on his way back to Novgorod from the Golden Horde. His son, Andrey, made the town his chief residence. A famous medieval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorodets, Russia
Gorodets (russian: Городец) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Bryansk Oblast As of 2010, four rural localities in Bryansk Oblast bear this name: * Gorodets, Bryansky District, Bryansk Oblast, a village in Chernetovsky Selsoviet of Bryansky District * Gorodets, Dubrovsky District, Bryansk Oblast, a village in Mareyevsky Selsoviet of Dubrovsky District * Gorodets, Surazhsky District, Bryansk Oblast, a settlement in Kulazhsky Selsoviet of Surazhsky District * Gorodets, Vygonichsky District, Bryansk Oblast, a '' selo'' in Gorodetsky Selsoviet of Vygonichsky District Kaluga Oblast As of 2010, four rural localities in Kaluga Oblast bear this name: * Gorodets, Kozelsky District, Kaluga Oblast, a village in Kozelsky District * Gorodets, Kuybyshevsky District, Kaluga Oblast, a village in Kuybyshevsky District * Gorodets, Meshchovsky District, Kaluga Oblast, a '' selo'' in Meshchovsky District * Gorodets, Yukhnovsky District, Kaluga Oblast, a village in Yukhnov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |