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Yuri II of Vladimir

1188 - 1238

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Yuri II (Russian: Ю́рий–II, also transcribed as Iuri), also known as George II of Vladimir or Georgy II Vsevolodovich (26 November 1188 – 4 March 1238), was the fourth Grand Prince of Vladimir (1212–1216, 1218–1238) who presided over the Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal at the time of the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'. He was the third son of Vsevolod III and of Maria Shvarnovna. He was the founder of Nizhny Novgorod and is venerated as a saint in the Russian Orthodox Church. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Yuri II of Vladimir is the 6,910th most popular politician (down from 6,463rd in 2024), the 601st most popular biography from Russia (down from 590th in 2019) and the 181st most popular Russian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yuri II of Vladimir ranks 6,910 out of 19,576Before him are Julius Constantius, Maximus of Hispania, Ishpuini of Urartu, Danielle Mitterrand, Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia, and Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels. After him are John II, Duke of Lorraine, Šefik Džaferović, Pushyamitra Shunga, Ron Paul, Kim Yo-jong, and Raja Dahir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1188, Yuri II of Vladimir ranks 4Before him are Blanche of Castile, Kayqubad I, and Isabella of Angoulême. After him are Ferdinand, Count of Flanders, Albert IV, Count of Habsburg, Si Inthrathit, and Ada, Countess of Holland. Among people deceased in 1238, Yuri II of Vladimir ranks 4Before him are Al-Kamil, Guillaume de Lorris, and Henry the Bearded. After him are Joan of England, Queen of Scotland, and John I of Trebizond.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yuri II of Vladimir ranks 601 out of 3,761Before him are Taihō Kōki (1940), Maria Miloslavskaya (1624), Werner Ostendorff (1903), Sergei Novikov (1938), Nicolas de Staël (1914), and Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1579). After him are Yuri Lotman (1922), Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow (1865), Mikhail Nesterov (1862), Igor Netto (1930), Pavel Tsitsianov (1754), and Alexander Godunov (1949).

Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Yuri II of Vladimir ranks 181Before him are Iziaslav II of Kiev (1097), Vasily Chapayev (1887), Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev (1892), Taihō Kōki (1940), Maria Miloslavskaya (1624), and Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1579). After him are Pavel Tsitsianov (1754), Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark (1888), Valerian Kuybyshev (1888), Sergei Ivanov (1953), Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia (1691), and Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (1864).