| Golden Ring of Rusia is ring of few | | | | different Slavic tribes at 12th century. Most |
| historical towns located to North-East of | | | | of tribes arrived the place as they escaped |
| Moscow. | | | | from Kiev rus which was attacked by various |
| | | | turk tribes. But, over hard to penetrate |
| Exact number of towns varied, but main towns | | | | forest it was hard to attack. |
| are: | | | | |
| | | | Historically that lands was named as "lands |
| - Vladimir | | | | over forests", that is why in some towns |
| | | | names still part "zalesski" (over forests) |
| - Bogolubovo | | | | remains. Some towns got same names as |
| | | | "native" towns at Kievan rus. |
| - Suzdal | | | | |
| | | | Historically, center of this part of Russia |
| - Yuriev-Polskiy | | | | was Vladimir. Vladimir Monomakh was choosen |
| | | | as king of that lands and later his childs |
| - Murom | | | | was kings. |
| | | | |
| - Gorohovetz | | | | But at 13th century peacefull life was |
| | | | interrupted by Mongolian invasion. After |
| - Gus-Crystalny | | | | invasion Moscow appeared as center in the |
| | | | region, but not Vladimir. |
| - Mstera | | | | |
| | | | During invasion majority of towns was fired |
| - Holui | | | | off and majority of population killed. As a |
| | | | result, remnants of population have began to |
| - Paleh | | | | build new towns, far away inside forests. One |
| | | | of them was Moscow. |
| - Ivanovo | | | | |
| | | | Mongols was brought out of Russia at 14th |
| - Pless | | | | century, when different Slavic countries |
| | | | united around Moscow and got a victory over |
| - Kostroma | | | | Mongols. Moscow reappeared as a center in |
| | | | the region and older towns - as its |
| - Yaroslavl | | | | satellites. |
| | | | |
| - Tutaev | | | | That is how "golden ring of Russia" appeared. |
| | | | |
| - Rostov Velikiy | | | | This region is historical, a lot of |
| | | | buildings, ancient churches survived Mongol |
| - Pereslavl-Zalesski | | | | invasion and older Kremlins exist in the |
| | | | region. |
| - Uglich | | | | |
| | | | As well, it is center of Monasteries and many |
| - Aleksandrov | | | | historical handicrafts of Russia produced in |
| | | | this region. Among them Paleh and Mstera |
| - Sergiev-Posad | | | | Icons, Sofrino Icons, Sergiev Posad monastery |
| | | | nested dolls. |
| Historically, this place was populated by | | | | |