Iurii Dolgorukii - Karpov A.

The first full biography of Prince Yuri Dolgorukov (d. 1157) is offered to the attention of readers. He went down in history not only as the founder of Moscow, but also as an outstanding politician and statesman of his time, the creator of the Suzdal Principality, the state core of the future Great Russia. The prince's personality and his varied activities - relationships with other princes, wars, church politics, urban construction, diplomatic contacts with Byzantium and Steppe - are traced by the author on the basis of meticulous analysis preserved sources.