Vladimir Oblast
Vladimir Oblast is a region in Central Russia, which borders Moscow Oblast to the west, Yaroslavl Oblast to the northwest, Ivanovo Oblast to the north, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast to the east, and Ryazan Oblast to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Vladimir and Suzdal.
Vladimir
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Vladimir is the capital and the largest city of Vladimir Oblast. The city is one of the most visited destinations within the popular Golden Ring circuit, as it preserves several of the finest monuments of white-stone medieval architecture in Russia, along with a number of later buildings from the 16th–20th centuries.
Suzdal
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Suzdal — the main historic town of Central Russia, about 25 km north of Vladimir, Vladimir Oblast. It was once the capital of several Russian principalities.
Alexandrov
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Alexandrov is a city in the north-western part of Vladimir Oblast. The location is known as a medieval residence of Russian princes. It was home to several important events in Russian history.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Yuryev-Polsky and Kirzhach.
Yuryev-Polsky
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Yuryev-Polsky is an ancient town in the northern part of Vladimir Oblast. While the town isn't one of the Golden Ring towns, it has likewise sights from the Middle Ages including a unique white-stone monument, the 13th-century Cathedral of St. George.
Kirzhach
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Kirzhach is a town in the north-western part of Vladimir Oblast. Kirzhach does not fall into the list of the basic attractions of the region. Still, the town has its own charm and deserves a short stroll if you pass by.
Bogolyubovo
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Bogolyubovo is a village in Vladimir Oblast, 3 km east from Vladimir. Bogolyubovo is a generally recognized part of the Golden Ring and preserves finest white-stone monuments from 12th century.
Vladimir Oblast
- Type: State with 1,380,000 residents
- Description: federal subject of Russia
- Also known as: “Vladimirskaya Oblast‘”
- Neighbors: Ivanovo Oblast, Moscow Oblast, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Ryazan Oblast, and Yaroslavl Oblast
- Categories: oblast of Russia, federal subject of Russia, and locality
- Location: Central Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude of center
56.0503° or 56° 3′ 1″ northLongitude of center
40.6562° or 40° 39′ 22″ eastPopulation
1,380,000Elevation
154 metres (505 feet)United Nations Location Code
RU VMROpenStreetMap ID
node 867129558OpenStreetMap feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
826294Wikidata ID
Q2702
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Vladimir Oblast” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Oblast Vladimir”
- Afrikaans: “Wladimir-oblast”
- Arabic: “فلاديمير أوبلاست”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة فلاديمير”
- Armenian: “Վլադիմիրի մարզ”
- Asturian: “Óblast de Vladímir”
- Azerbaijani: “Vladimir vilayəti”
- Bashkir: “Владимир өлкәһе”
- Basque: “Vladimir oblasta”
- Belarusian: “Уладзімерская вобласьць”
- Belarusian: “Уладзімірская вобласць”
- Bengali: “ভ্লাদিমির ওব্লাস্ট”
- Bosnian: “Vladimirska oblast”
- Breton: “Oblast Vladimir”
- Bulgarian: “Владимирска област”
- Catalan: “óblast de Vladímir”
- Catalan: “Óblast de Vladímir”
- Catalan: “província de Vladímir”
- Catalan: “Província de Vladímir”
- Cebuano: “Vladimirskaya Oblast‘”
- Cebuano: “Vladimirskaya Oblast’”
- Chechen: “Владимиран область”
- Chinese: “Vladimir Chiu”
- Chinese: “伏拉迪米爾州”
- Chinese: “弗拉基米尔州”
- Chinese: “弗拉基米爾州”
- Chuvash: “Владимер облаçĕ”
- Chuvash: “Улатимĕр облаçĕ”
- Crimean Tatar: “Vladimir vilâyeti”
- Croatian: “Vladimirska oblast”
- Czech: “Vladimirská oblast”
- Danish: “Vladimir oblast”
- Dimli (individual language): “Vladimir”
- Dutch: “Oblast Vladimir”
- Dutch: “Vladimir”
- Eastern Mari: “Владимир вел”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فلاديمير اوبلاست”
- Erzya: “Олодимэрэнь ёнкс”
- Esperanto: “Vladimira provinco”
- Estonian: “Vladimiri oblast”
- Finnish: “Vladimirin alue”
- French: “oblast de Vladimir”
- French: “Oblast de Vladimir”
- French: “région de Vladimir”
- French: “Vladimir”
- Georgian: “ვლადიმირის ოლქი”
- German: “Oblast Wladimir”
- German: “Wladimir”
- Greek: “Όμπλαστ του Βλαντίμιρ”
- Greek: “Περιφέρεια Βλαντίμιρ”
- Gujarati: “વ્લાદિમીર ઓબ્લાસ્ટ”
- Hakka Chinese: “Vladimir-chû”
- Hakka Chinese: “Vladimir”
- Hebrew: “ולדימיר”
- Hindi: “व्लादिमिर ओब्लास्ट”
- Hindi: “व्लादिमीर ओब्लास्ट”
- Hungarian: “Vlagyimiri terület”
- Icelandic: “Vladimírfylki”
- Icelandic: “Vladímírfylki”
- Ido: “Provinco Vladimir”
- Indonesian: “Oblast Vladimir”
- Inupiaq: “Ulaatiima Nutanut”
- Inupiaq: “Uvlatimiraq Uvlastaq”
- Irish: “Cúige Vladimir”
- Italian: “oblast‘ di Vladimir”
- Italian: “Oblast’ di Vladimir”
- Japanese: “ヴラジーミル州”
- Kabardian: “Владимир област”
- Kalmyk: “Владимира төгәлң”
- Kannada: “ವ್ಲಾಡಿಮಿರ್ ಒಬ್ಲಾಸ್ಟ್”
- Kirghiz: “Владимир областы”
- Kirghiz: “Владимир облусу”
- Komi: “Владимир обласьт”
- Korean: “블라디미르주”
- Kurdish: “Oblasta Vladîmîrê”
- Kurdish: “Vladîmîr”
- Ladin: “Oblast de Vladimir”
- Lao: “ແຄວ້ນວາລາດິເມຍ”
- Latin: “Regio Vladimirensis”
- Latin: “Regio Volodimiriensis”
- Latvian: “Vladimiras apgabals”
- Lithuanian: “Vladimiro sritis”
- Lombard: “Oblast de Vladimir”
- Macedonian: “Владимирска област”
- Malay: “Wilayah Vladimir”
- Marathi: “व्लादिमिर ओब्लास्त”
- Mazanderani: “ولادیمیر اوبلاست”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Vladimir Ciŭ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Vladimir Chiu”
- Mingrelian: “ვლადიმირიშ ოლქი”
- Moksha: “Владимиронь аймак”
- Mongolian: “Владимир муж”
- Northern Frisian: “Wladimir (Prowins)”
- Northern Frisian: “Wladimir”
- Northern Luri: “ولادیمیر”
- Northern Sami: “Vladimir oblast”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vladimir oblast”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vladimir”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vladimir oblast”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vladimir”
- Norwegian: “Vladimir oblast”
- Norwegian: “Vladimirskaja oblast”
- Ossetian: “Владимиры облæст”
- Persian: “استان ولادیمیر”
- Persian: “اوبلاست ولادیمیر”
- Polish: “Obwód włodzimierski”
- Portuguese: “Oblast de Vladimir”
- Portuguese: “Vladimir”
- Pushto: “ولاديمير اوبلاست”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Vladimir”
- Russian: “Владимирская область”
- Scots: “Vladimir Oblast”
- Serbian: “Владимирска област”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vladimirska oblast”
- Sinhala: “ව්ලමිදර් ප්රාන්තය”
- Slovak: “Vladimírska oblasť”
- Slovenian: “Vladimirska oblast”
- South Azerbaijani: “ولادیمیر اوبلاستی”
- Spanish: “Oblast de Vladimir”
- Spanish: “Óblast de Vladímir”
- Swahili: “Vladimir Oblast”
- Swedish: “Vladimir oblast”
- Swedish: “Vladimir”
- Tagalog: “Vladimir Oblast”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Владимир”
- Talysh: “Vladimiri vilojət”
- Tamil: “விளதீமிர் மாகாணம்”
- Tamil: “விளாடிமிர் ஒபிலாஸ்ட்”
- Tatar: “Владимир өлкәсе”
- Telugu: “వ్లాదిమీర్ ఓబ్లాస్ట్”
- Thai: “แคว้นวลาดีมีร์”
- Turkish: “Vladimir Oblastı”
- Udmurt: “Владимир улос”
- Ukrainian: “Владимирська область”
- Upper Sorbian: “Oblasć Wladimir”
- Urdu: “ولادیمیر اوبلاست”
- Uzbek: “Vladimir viloyati”
- Veps: “Vladimiran agj”
- Vietnamese: “Vladimir”
- Vietnamese: “Vùng Vladimir”
- Vlaams: “Oblast Vladimir”
- Waray (Philippines): “Vladimir Oblast”
- Welsh: “Oblast Vladimir”
- Western Frisian: “Vladimir (oblast)”
- Western Frisian: “Vladimir”
- Western Panjabi: “ولادیمیر اوبلاست”
- Wu Chinese: “弗拉基米尔州”
- Yakut: “Владимир уобалаhа”
- Yakut: “Владимир уобалаһа”
- Yue Chinese: “伏拉迪米爾州”
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