TITLE: Grand Duke of Valdimir 1154-1157.
TITLE: Grand Duke Yuri Dolgorusky died in 1157. He was succeeded by Andrew Bogolyubsky, who did not live in Moscow, either, but remained in thenorth in the Grand Duchy Vladimir.
TITLE: Event: Founder AFT 1150 Moscow, Russia
TITLE: Yuri Dolgorusky Vladiriovich, son of Vladimir Monomakh, was entrustedby his father with the rule of the unsettled regions around the central Volga River. Yury/Yuri founded the city of Moscow in the1150's., and soon gained the area around the Dneiper, bringing lots of colonists to his new town. He remained in Kiev as Grand Duke.