Yuryev-Polsky (town)

Yuryev-Polsky (Russian: Ю́рьев-По́льский) is an old town and the administrative center of Yuryev-Polsky District of Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located in the upper reaches of the Koloksha River, 68 kilometers (42 mi) northwest of Vladimir, the administrative center of the oblast.

This specification was needed in order to distinguish the town from the earlier established fortress of Yuryev (nowadays Tartu), at the time located in the woods in what is now Estonia and then the biggest Russian settlement in the territory of the Chuds.

It was that prince who personally designed the town's chief landmark, the Cathedral of St. George (1230–1234).

The collapsed roof was sloppily restored by a well-known Muscovite artisan, Vasili Yermolin, in 1471.

Several miles from Yuryev, on the bank of the Yakhroma River, stands the Kosmin Cloister, whose structures are typical for the mid-17th century.

St. George's Cathedral (1230-1234) was the last stone church built in Russia before the Mongol invasion