Vladimir

 Vladimir is a city with a thousand years' history.  The city is a part of the Golden Ring of Russia and is an acknowledged tourist centre.   The city of Vladimir is one of the old Russian cities preserving the most part of its old Russian architecture monuments.  In the XII-XIII centuries Vladimir was the capital of the powerful Vladimir-Suzdal Duchy.  Presently Vladimir is the administrative centre of Vladimir Region.  There are over two hundred historical and cultural monuments in Vladimir.  The most significant of them, such as the Golden Gates, the Cathedral of the Assumption, and the St. Dmitry Cathedral are included in the UNESCO list of world cultural heritage.