Andrey Bogolyubsky, blessed prince

Andrei I Yuryevich, commonly known under his sobriquet Andrei the Pious (Russian: ?????? ???????????) (c. 1111 Ð June 28, 1174), was Grand prince of Vladimir-Suzdal from 1157 until his death. His reign saw a complete decline of Kiev's rule over northeastern Rus, and the rise of Vladimir as the new capital city. Andrei was known in the West as Scythian Caesar, and is canonized as a saint in the Russian Orthodox Church.