On the eve of the 1000th anniversary of the foundation of the city of Suzdal in the Vladimir region, which will be celebrated in 2024, the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies published a book by Anna Maximova, "Vladimir-Suzdal Opole: Space and Time."
The monograph provides a comprehensive description of the Vladimir-Suzdal high plain (Opolje), which is, on the one hand, a typical landscape of the East European Plain's "axis of symmetry"—the marshland—high plain belt, and, on the other, a unique formation that has become the center of Russian nationhood construction.The author identifies and describes the stages of this territory's anthropogenic development, analyzes the settlement system, the role in space organization, and the specifics of small historical cities (Suzdal, Yuryev-Polsky, Gavrilov Posad) and Opolje mansions. A separate chapter is devoted to the exploration of the Opolye's spiritual and symbolic space as an integral part of the landscape.
It is concluded that the Vladimir-Suzdal opolye can be regarded as a single historical and cultural territory, unattached to the existing administrative borders. The monograph will interest historians, local historians, culturologists, art historians, geographers, employees of local administrations, and all lovers of Russian history.
12.01.2023
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RISS Published a New Book
The monograph provides a comprehensive description of the Vladimir-Suzdal high plain (Opolje), which is, on the one hand, a typical landscape of the East European Plain's "axis of symmetry"—the marshland—high plain belt, and, on the other, a unique formation that has become the center of Russian nationhood construction.The author identifies and describes the stages of this territory's anthropogenic development, analyzes the settlement system, the role in space organization, and the specifics of small historical cities (Suzdal, Yuryev-Polsky, Gavrilov Posad) and Opolje mansions. A separate chapter is devoted to the exploration of the Opolye's spiritual and symbolic space as an integral part of the landscape.
It is concluded that the Vladimir-Suzdal opolye can be regarded as a single historical and cultural territory, unattached to the existing administrative borders. The monograph will interest historians, local historians, culturologists, art historians, geographers, employees of local administrations, and all lovers of Russian history.
The monograph is available for download in electronic format.