Suzdal amazes with its beauty created in the XIII-XVIII centuries. The names of Alexander Nevsky, Yuri Dolgoruky, and Alexander Suvorov are tightly connected with this city. In the historic part of Suzdal with its total area of 9 square kilometers there are over 270 architectural monuments. This town escaped the bad fate of other Russian towns severely changed in the result of industrial and construction boom and preserved the atmosphere of old Russian towns with natural terrain of the XVIII century.
It was first mentioned in the chronicles in the end of the X century. Suzdal was a witness of many historic events taking place in Russia the understanding of which you can receive by visiting the numerous museums of Suzdal housed in the old architecture buildings. The Suzdal Kremlin is the place the construction of the town began with. In the territory of the Kremlin there is the St. Euthymious Monastery, and its main Preobrazhensky Cathedral is a vivid example of old white-stone architecture of Suzdal. The history of Suzdal monasteries, Russian XVIII-XX century icons, wall paintings by famous artist Guriy Nikitin, book treasures of six centuries, and the Naïve Arts Museum are only a part of the exposition presented here. Suzdal is rightfully called an open-air museum as there is a great number of architectural monuments preserved here.
Suzdal amazes with its beauty created in the XIII-XVIII centuries. The names of Alexander Nevsky, Yuri Dolgoruky, and Alexander Suvorov are tightly connected with this city. In the historic part of Suzdal with its total area of 9 square kilometers there are over 270 architectural monuments. This town escaped the bad fate of other Russian towns severely changed in the result of industrial and construction boom and preserved the atmosphere of old Russian towns with natural terrain of the XVIII century. 
