Suzdal is a small town in Vladimir region and is located 210 kilometers north east of Moscow..
There are 13 000 people living in Suzdal now.One of the oldest Russian towns, Suzdal was founded in 1024 as a fortress town on the Kamenka River. By the beginning of the 13th century it had become the capital of Suzdal principality and a political and religious center of Russia. But unfortunately in 1238 the town was destroyed by the Mongols under Batu Khan and never recovered its former importance. In the 15th century Suzdal passed to the grand Duchy of Moscow. The town is fabulously rich in the unique architectural monuments of the 13 - 18th centuries, among them there are ancient cathedrals and monasteries, bell-towers and churches, one and two-story wooden and brick buildings. One of the most popular places of interest include the Kremlin, the Monastery of the Deposition of the Holy Robe, the Nativity Cathedral and the Intercession Cathedral. Suzdal is truly a town-museum distinguished for its fidelity to ancient traditions. The oldest architectural ensemble of the town is the Kremlin, which consists of the ancient white stone Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin (1225), decorated with carvings, the vast complex of the Archbishop's Palace (15th-17th centuries), and the belfry (1635), connected to the Palace by a gallery. Not far from the Kremlin there is the posad with a well-integrated complex of church and secular buildings of different epochs and styles.