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Владимир (Vladimir) is a city of 345 thousand (2010)1 located on the left (west) bank of the Kl'az'ma (Klyazma) River.2 It is the seat of its oblast, which is within the Central Federal District of Россия (Rossija).3 The tallest buildings as of mid 2014 are a set of 17 story residential buildings.4 The city was much destroyed by the Mongols.5 Three surviving early structures are celebrated as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site; these are: the Golden Gate (12th century but rebuilt in the 18th); the Assumption (or Dormition) Cathedral (12th century with a bell tower added later); and the Cathedral of St. Demetrius (12th century). The city is along the Trans-Siberian Railway, which is a tourist attraction.6
Political Entity | Year | Population |
Ulus of Jochi (the Golden Horde) | 1300 CE | 31,0007 |
Rossiyskaya Imperiya (the Russian Empire) | 1900 CE | 32,0008 |
Rossijskaya Federatsija (the Russian Federation) | 2010 CE | 345,0001 |
the Golden Gate of Vladimir, Central Federal District of Rossija (Russia)
1. Side bar of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir, accessed 6/23/2014.
2. The Kl'az'ma flows into the Oka, which flows into the Volga
3. Also transliterated as Rossiya. Russia in English.
4. The tallest completed buildings listed in emporis.com, accessed 7/26/2014, are: Traktonaya 4 (2012); Kraynova 4 (2008); and Verhnyava Dubrova 22b (1987). There are also three that are unfinished but topped out: the Institutsky Gorodok 21 Str; the Institutsky Gorodok 28 Str; and Milhalvkova 1a Str and another that is not as near completion: the Stavrovkskaya 4.
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir, accessed 7/26/2014.
6. http://www.touropia.com/tourist-attractions-in-russia/, accessed 6/23/2014.
7. Tertius Chandler, Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth, 2nd ed. (The Edwin Mellen Press, 1987), "Cities of Europe." Владимир (Vladimir) was the largest city in what is now the Central Federal District of Россия (Rossija) in 1300 CE.
8. Ibid., "Tables of the World Largest Cities."