Kidekscha

Federal district	Central Russia
Oblast	Vladimir
Rajon	Suzdal
First mention	1152
Time zone	UTC + 3
Telephone code	(+7) 49231
Post Code	601261
License Plate	33
OKATO	17 254 000 049
Geographical location
Coordinates	56 ° 26 ' N , 40 ° 31' E Coordinates: 56 ° 25 '30 " N , 40 ° 31' 20" E
	Location in the western part of Russia
	Location in Vladimir Oblast

Kidekscha ( Russian Ки́декша ) is a village in the Russian Oblast of Vladimir . It is located about four kilometers east of the city of Suzdal , near the confluence of the Kamenka and the Nerl .

history

Boris and Gleb Church

The residence of Prince Yuri Dolgoruki was located in Kidekscha in the 12th century . Yuri Dolgoruki probably chose the site because of its strategic location, which made it possible to control the waterway into the Suzdal upstream on the Kamenka.

Attractions

Several buildings from the 12th to 18th centuries have been preserved in the village, including the Boris and Gleb Church, built in 1152 as the court church of the royal residence. The latter, along with the Church of the Transfiguration of Christ in Pereslavl-Zalessky, is the oldest testimony of Vladimir-Suzdal limestone architecture. The building was damaged during the Mongol storm. In 1239 it was repaired again, but some time later it was left to decay. The heavily dilapidated church was not rebuilt until the 16th and 17th centuries, although its shape was significantly changed.

Sources and further reading

Hubert Faensen, Wladimir Iwanow: Old Russian architecture. Union Verlag Berlin 1974.
A. Gorkin and others: Geografija Rossii: Enziklopeditscheski slowar . Bolschaja Rossijskaja enziklopedija, Moscow 1997, ISBN 5-85270-276-5 , p. 256. (Russian)
Master's thesis on the architectural history of the Boris and Gleb Church (PDF file; 13.8 MB)