Bogolyubovo
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Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
in Suzdalsky District
Suzdalsky District
Suzdalsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 16 in Vladimir Oblast, Russia....
, Vladimir Oblast
Vladimir Oblast
Vladimir Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Vladimir, which is located east of Moscow...
, Russia
Russia
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, located some 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north-east of Vladimir
Vladimir
Vladimir is a city and the administrative center of Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located on the Klyazma River, to the east of Moscow along the M7 motorway. Population:...
. Population: 3,900 (1969).
Bogolyubovo was once the residence of the Prince Andrei Bogolyubsky. It was built between 1158 and 1165 by the order of Andrei Bogolyubsky at the mouth of the Nerl River
Nerl River (Klyazma)
The Nerl River is a river in the Yaroslavl, Ivanovo, and Vladimir Oblasts in Russia, a left tributary of the Klyazma River . The length of the river is . The area of its basin is . The Nerl River freezes up in November - December and stays under the ice until April. Its main tributary is the...
(where it flows into the Klyazma River
Klyazma River
The Klyazma River is a river in the Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Ivanovo and Vladimir Oblasts in Russia, a left tributary of the Oka River. The length of the river is 686 kilometres. The area of its drainage basin is 42,500 km². The Klyazma River freezes up in November and stays under the ice...
).
Great Prince Andrei
spent 17 years of his reign in Bogolyubovo before he was murdered in 1174.
Vision (religion)
In spirituality, a vision is something seen in a dream, trance, or ecstasy, especially a supernatural appearance that conveys a revelation.Visions generally have more clarity than dreams, but traditionally fewer psychological connotations...
of the Theotokos
Theotokos
Theotokos is the Greek title of Mary, the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches. Its literal English translations include God-bearer and the one who gives birth to God. Less literal translations include Mother of God...
(meaning "God bearer", Virgin Mary). The Theotokos appeared to him in a dream-like vision holding a scroll in Her right hand, and commanded him to build a church and monastery on the place of the vision.
On that spot, the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl
Church of the Intercession on the Nerl
The Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin on the Nerl River is an Orthodox church and a symbol of mediaeval Russia.The church is situated at the confluence of Nerl and Klyazma Rivers in Bogolyubovo, 13 km north-east of the ancient capital of Vladimir.The church was commissioned by...
was built.
It is on the World Heritage List of
UNESCO
UNESCO
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since 1992.
Great Prince Andrei Bogolyubsky also
commissioned an iconographer to paint the icon
of the apparition of the Theotokos to him.
This icon has been known as the
Bogolubskaya Icon of the Theotokos
Theotokos of Bogolyubovo
The Bogolubskaya Icon of the Theotokos is a Wonderworking Icon of the Theotokos which is venerated in the Russian Orthodox Church...
.
After Prince Andrei's death, Bogolyubovo was ravaged and ransacked by Prince
Prince
Prince is a general term for a ruler, monarch or member of a monarch's or former monarch's family, and is a hereditary title in the nobility of some European states. The feminine equivalent is a princess...
Gleb of Ryazan in 1177. In 1230s, the Mongols
Mongols
Mongols ) are a Central-East Asian ethnic group that lives mainly in the countries of Mongolia, China, and Russia. In China, ethnic Mongols can be found mainly in the central north region of China such as Inner Mongolia...
destroyed its fortifications.
Literature
- Prof. Sergey ZagraevskySergey ZagraevskyProfessor Dr. Sergéy Zagraévsky is a well-known Russian-Jewish painter, architectural historian, writer and theologian.- Biography :...
. Architectural ensemble in Bogolyubovo: questions of history and reconstruction. Chapter from the book "New researches of Vladimir-Suzdal museum’s architectural monuments". Moscow, 2008.