Vladimir () is a city in Russia, located on the river Klyazma, to the east of Moscow along the Vladimir Highway. It is the administrative center of Vladimir Oblast. As of the 2002 Census, it had 315,954 inhabitants, down from 349,702 recorded in the 1989 Census. Vladimir was one of the medieval capitals of Russia, and two of its cathedrals are a World Heritage Site. It is served by Vladimir Semyazino Airport, and during the Cold War Vladimir was host to Dobrynskoye air base.
History
Foundation date controversy
The area occupied by the city of Vladimir has been inhabited by humans (at least intermittently) for approximately 25,000 years. Traditionally, the founding date of Vladimir has been acknowledged as 1108, which is the date of the first mention of Vladimir in the Primary Chronicle. This view attributes the founding of the city, and its name, to Vladimir Monomakh, who inherited the region as part of the Rostov-Suzdal principality in the 11th century. Its foundation is t
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