Yuri Dolgorukiy

Yuri I Vladimirovich (Russian: Юрий Владимирович, tr. Yuriy Vladimirovich), commonly known as Yuri Dolgorukiy or the Long Arm (Russian: Юрий Долгорукий, tr. Yuriy Dolgorukiy, meaning "Far-Reaching", c. 1099 – 15 May 1157) was a Rurikid prince. 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.[1] Yuri Dolgorukiy was the founder of the Yurievichi dynasty (Russian: Юрьевичи, romanized: Yurievichi Ukrainian: Юрійовичі, romanized: Yuriyovychi), a branch of the Monomakhovichi.

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Yuri Dolgorukiy
Grand Prince of Kiev
Reign	1149–1151
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
Dynasty	Monomakhovichi Yurievichi (founder)
Father	Vladimir II Monomakh
Mother	Eufemia of Constantinople

Yuri spent much of his life in internecine strife with the other Rurikid princes for suzerainty over the Kievan Rus, which had been held by his father (Vladimir Monomakh) and his elder brother before him. Although he twice managed to hold Kiev (in September 1149 – April 1151, again in March 1155 – May 1157) and rule as Grand Prince of all Rus', 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. 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.