Suzdal is a city in the Vladimir Region, which is considered a pearl of the Golden Ring of Russia. It was first mentioned in 1024. In the middle of the 11th century, under Prince Yuri Dolgoruky, the city reached its highest prosperity and became the capital of the Rostov-Suzdal Principality. By the 15th century, it became part of the Moscow Principality and gained the status of a significant religious, artisan and cultural center of Russia.
In the 16th-17th centuries, outstanding architectural buildings were under constructions there, the best of which are the ensembles of the Kremlin, the Pokrovsky and Spaso-Evfimiev monasteries. In the 18th century, parish churches were actively being built in the settlement, and by the beginning of the 19th century, the appearance of the town utterly took shape.
The ancient architecture of Suzdal has a unique style and inimitable individuality. In 1992, white stone monuments of Suzdal were entered into the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Nowadays, Suzdal is a major tourist center, a museum city, which is attractive owing to its historical and cultural value, outstanding architectural monuments and unmatched landscapes.
The postage stamps provide images of cultural heritage monuments of Suzdal: the ensemble of the Nativity Cathedral and the Bishop's House, the Moskvina House, the ensemble of the Monastery of the Deposition of the Robe (Rizopolozhensky monastery), and the ensemble of the Spaso-Evfimiev Monastery.
