Yuri Dolgorukiy

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Yuri Dolgorukiy
Prince of Rostov and Suzdal
Reign	c. 1108[1] or 1125[2] – 1157[2]
Predecessor	First (?)[1]
Successor	Andrey Bogolyubsky[3]
Grand Prince of Kiev (first)
Reign	1149–1151
Predecessor	Iziaslav II Mstislavich
Successor	Iziaslav II Mstislavich
Grand Prince of Kiev (second)
Reign	1155–1157
Predecessor	Iziaslav III Davidovich
Successor	Iziaslav III Davidovich
Born	1099
Died	15 May 1157 (aged 57)
Burial	Church of the Saviour at Berestove
Spouse	Agiorovna of Cumans Helena of Constantinople
Issue	Rostislav Andrei I Bogolyubsky Gleb of Kiev Mikhail of Vladimir Davyd Yuryevich Vsevolod the Big Nest
Names Yuri "Dolgorukiy" Vladimirovich Yuri of Rostov-Suzdal
Dynasty	Monomakhovichi Yurievichi (founder)
Father	Vladimir II Monomakh
Mother	Eufemia of Constantinople

Yuri I Vladimirovich (Russian: Юрий Владимирович, romanized: Yury Vladimirovich; Old East Slavic: Гюрги Володи́мирович; c. 1099 – 15 May 1157), commonly known as Yuri Dolgorukiy (Russian: Юрий Долгорукий, romanized: Yury Dolgoruky, lit. 'Far-Reaching') or the Long Arm, was a Monomakhovichi prince of Rostov and Suzdal, acquiring the name Suzdalia during his reign.^[2] Noted for successfully curbing the privileges of the landowning boyar class in Rostov-Suzdal and his ambitious building programme, Yuri transformed this principality into the independent power that would evolve into early modern Muscovy.^[4] Yuri Dolgorukiy was the progenitor of the Yurievichi^[5] (Russian: Юрьевичи, romanized: Yuryevichi Ukrainian: Юрійовичі, romanized: Yuriiovychi), a branch of the Monomakhovichi.

Yuri spent much of his life in internecine strife with the other Rus' princes for suzerainty over the Kievan Rus, which had been held by his father (Vladimir Monomakh) and his elder brother before him.^{[citation needed]} Although he twice managed to briefly hold Kiev (in September 1149 – April 1151, again in March 1155 – May 1157) and rule as Grand Prince of Kiev, his autocratic rule and perceived foreigner status made him unpopular with the powerful Kievan boyars, leading to his presumed poisoning and the expulsion of his son (later Andrei Bogoliubsky of Vladimir-Suzdal) in 1157.^{[citation needed]} His rule marked the effective end of the Rus' as a unified entity until the Mongol invasions, with powerful provincial territories like Vladimir-Suzdal and Galicia-Volhynia now competing for the throne of Kiev.^{[citation needed]}