Gorodets, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| Administrative district | Gorodetsky District |
| Town of district significance | Gorodets |
| Administrative center of | Gorodetsky District, town of district significance of Gorodets |
| Municipal status (as of February 2011) | |
| Municipal district | Gorodetsky Municipal District |
| Urban settlement | Gorodets Urban Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Gorodetsky Municipal District, Gorodets Urban Settlement |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 30,658 inhabitants |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Founded | 1152 |
| Town status since | 1922 |
| Postal code(s) | 606500–606505, 606508, 606509 |
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Gorodets (Russian: Городе́ц) is a town and the administrative center of Gorodetsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Volga River, 53 kilometers (33 mi) northwest of Nizhny Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 30,658 (2010 Census);32,442 (2002 Census);34,210 (1989 Census); 34,000 (1970).
The town was founded in 1152 by Prince Yury Dolgoruky (also the founder of Moscow) as a large fortress on the Volga River, the first Russian fortress in today's Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. It was a starting point for numerous campaigns of the princes of Vladimir and Suzdal against Volga Bulgaria. In 1216, Yury II of Vladimir was dethroned by his brother and exiled here. In 1239, the town was burned to the ground by Batu Khan's army. Folk tradition identifies Gorodets with Little Kitezh, a legendary town destroyed by the Mongols.
In 1263, Alexander Nevsky died in Gorodets on his way back to Novgorod from the Golden Horde. His son, Andrey, made the town his chief residence. A famous medieval icon-painter, Prokhor, was born there. In the mid-14th century, the town was overshadowed by the neighboring Nizhny Novgorod but continued as the third largest town of Nizhny Novgorod Principality until 1408, when Edigu razed it to the ground.
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