Campaign of Grand prince Andrei Bogolyubsky of Vladimir against the Volga Bulgarians in 1164. Detail of the Russian icon of Our Lady of Vladimir of the Yaroslavl icon painting school dated from the middle of the 17th century from the Church of Saint John Chrysostom in Korovniky in Yaroslavl, now on display in the Yaroslavl Museum Preserve in Yaroslavl, Russia. According to the legend, Andrei Bogolyubsky won the Volga Bulgarians on 1 August 1164, with the miraculous patronage of the icon of Our Lady of Vladimir.

---

Size: 3351px × 3621px
Photo credit: © Azoor Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1160s, 12th, 1650s, 17th, ancient, andrei, andrey, armed, army, art, artwork, battle, bogolyubsky, bulgaria, bulgarian, bulgarians, bulghar, campaign, cavalry, century, christian, collection, cultural, culture, duchy, eastern, europe, european, exhibit, exhibition, fight, fighting, forces, gallery, god, grand, historical, history, horsemen, icon, iconography, image, indoor, kievan, lady, medieval, military, miracle, miraculous, moscovia, mother, muscovite, muscovy, museum, object, orthodox, painting, people, picture, prince, religion, religious, rus, russia, russian, saint, scene, school, soldiers, st, theotokos, troops, tsardom, victory, virgin, vladimir, vladimir-suzdal, vladimir-suzdalian, vladimirskaya, volga, war, warriors, yaroslavl