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During his father's reign, Yuri governed the Rostov-Suzdal province. After the death of the Grand Prince of Kiev Mstislav Vladimirovich in 1132, Yuri engaged in a process of conquering the lands to the south of his domain (hence, the nicknameA nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or thing's real name, (for example, Nick is short for Nicholas . As a concept, it is distinct from both pseudonym and stage name, although there may be overlap in t Dolgoruky, i.e. Long Arms), trying to subjugate Pereyaslavl (today's Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky ) and then Kiev. The first stage of his struggle (1132- 1135Events Stephen of Blois succeeds King Henry I. Empress Maud, daughter of Henry I and widow of Henry V opposed Stephen and claims the throne as her own Owain Gwynedd of Wales defeats the Normans at Crug Mawr. The domination of Baghdad by the Seljuk Turks e) turned out unsuccessful.

During Yuri's reign, the borderBorder has several different, but related meanings: A border can be a margin around the edge of something, such as a lawn, garden, photograph, or sheet of paper. A hebaceous border is a narrow strip of plants along the edge of a garden path or a lawn or fs of his principalityPrince Albert of Monaco on the left represents a principality where he wields adminisitrative authority. Prince Charles of Wales represents a titular principality with no administrative authority. A principality is a monarchial feudatory or sovereign stat started to take a more concrete shape (especially with bordering Feudal RepublicModern republics A republic is a form of government (and a state so governed) where the head of state is not a monarch. Many times people interchangebly use republic and democracy to refer the same. the truth is that in a country where the governmental st of NovgorodFor other cities named Novgorod see Novgorod (disambiguation). Novgorod is a city in North-Western Russia. Since 1998 the official name of the city is Velikiy Novgorod Great Novgorod . It is the capital of Novgorod Oblast. The city lies along the Volkhov and Principality of Chernigov). A number of fortresses were built along the borders ( Ksnyatin (probably, today's Tver), Dubna etc.) and in the center of Yuri's principality ( Pereyaslavl ( Pereyaslavl-Zalessky), Yuriev-Polsky , Dmitrov and others).

In 1147, Yuri Dolgoruky had a meeting with the Prince of Novgorod-Seversky Svyatoslav Olgovich in a place called Москва (Moskva, or Moscow). This first mentioning of Moscow is considered the traditional date of the city's founding. In 1156, Yuri fortified Moscow with new wooden walls and a moat.

In 1147, Dolgoruky resumed his struggle for Kiev and two years later he captured it, but in 1151 he was defeated by Izyaslav Mstislavich and ousted. In 1155, Yuri regained Kiev once again, however, after his death in the course of an uprising in Kiev his achievements were eliminated.

In 1954, they erected a monument to Yuri Dolgoruky as a founder of Moscow. Dolgoruky's image was stamped on a medal "In commemoration of Moscow's 800th anniversary", introduced in 1947.