VLADIMIR

(56° 10’ N., 40° 30’ government, Ru ia; surface undulating; mostly unfertile; drained by Oka its tributary, the Klyazma; chief als, alabaster and iron ore; manufactures cottons, linens; extensive domestic Klyazma; has two ancient cathedrals; various manufactures. Pop. 32,710. duke of Kiev and of all Ru ia; s. of Svyatoslav I. and his Malushka. He conquered Kiev, and Galicia, 981, and was proclaimed prince of all Ru ia He committed endle pagan atrocities till he a Christian in 988. From that Was as energetic in the propagation