Rise of the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality

Name: Rise of the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality
Start: 1161
End: 1170

Type Event Region Europe Time 1161–1170

In the 1160s, Grand Prince Andrei Bogolyubsky shifted the political center north to Vladimir, integrating Suzdal's towns and gradually detaching from…

Timeline

1161–1164Vladimir and Bogolyubovo · Vladimir-SuzdalAndrei Bogolyubsky built a court and religious buildings in Vladimir, used Bogolyubovo as a secondary capital, weakened political dependence on Kiev, and established the governing structure of an independent grand principality of northeastern Rus'.
1169Kiev · KievAndrei allied with northern grand princes to campaign against and sack Kiev, symbolically ending Kiev's status as the sole political center of Rus', with the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality becoming the most powerful polity of northeastern Rus'.

Sources

Medieval Russia's Epics, Chronicles, and Tales — Serge A. Zenkovsky (1974)
A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia, Vol. 1 — David Christian (1998)