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unusual facts about Saint George Cathedral, Yuryev-Polsky



Battle on Pyana River

Pereyaslavl
Yaroslavl
Yuryev
Nizhny Novgorod
Murom

The Battle on Pyana River took place on August 2, 1377 between the Blue Horde Khan Arapsha (Arab-Shah Muzaffar) and joint Russian troops under Knyaz Ivan Dmitriyevich, made up of the Pereyaslavl, Yaroslavl, Yuryev, Nizhny Novgorod and Murom warlords.

Dave Polsky

Since then, Dave Polsky has been writing for a few shows such as various episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Rugrats and South Park.

Mitrofan of Voronezh

He managed the Kosmin Monastery near Yuryev-Polsky and the Unzha Monastery in Makaryev before being promoted to a bishop's see in 1682.

Mongol invasion of Rus'

Thereupon Batu Khan divided his army into smaller units, which ransacked fourteen cities of modern-day Russia: Rostov, Uglich, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Kashin, Ksnyatin, Gorodets, Galich, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Yuriev-Polsky, Dmitrov, Volokolamsk, Tver, and Torzhok.

Sviatoslav III of Vladimir

It was he who commissioned the town's principal landmark, the Cathedral of St. George, constructed in 1230-34.


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