Grand duke andrei yuryevich bogolyubsky. 1169-1174. Grand duke andrei yuryevich founded bogolyubovo and transferred the miraculous, according to legend painted by the evangelist luke, byzantine icon of the mother of god from vyshgorod to vladimir, the new capital of rus'. Nicknamed "the second solomon" for his intelligence, he was the first to begin the fight against the pernicious appanage system. He was killed by criminals and canonized. Date: 1896.
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