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Gorodetsky (surname)
Gorodetsky or Gorodetski Городецкий (masculine), Gorodetskya Городецкая (feminine), or Gorodetskoye Городецкое (neuter) is a Russian surname which indicates someone who hails from the town of Gorodets, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Gorodets. It may also correspond to the Polish language surname Horodecki and Lithuanian language surnames Gorodeckis (surname), Gorodeckis, Gorodeckas (surname), Gorodeckas, Horodeckis. Notable people with the surname include: *Eddie Gorodetsky, television writer and producer *Gabriel Gorodetsky (born 1945), Israeli historian *Olga Gorodetskaya (born 1965), Russian historian of China *Sergey Gorodetsky (1884–1967), Russian poet *Vladimir Gorodetski (born 1937), Russian scientist *Vladimir Gorodetsky, Russian politician *Vladislav Gorodetsky (1863-1930), Polish and Ukrainian architect {{surname, Gorodetsky ... [...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] |