The article discusses the biographies of the Vladimir princes Andrei Bogolyubsky, Vsevolod the Big Nest, Georgy (Yuri) Vsevolodovich in the geographical context of Eastern Europe. The life experience of the wanderings of Yuri Dolgoruky's children and grandson are analyzed with the aim to identify the personal motivations of their actions in foreign policy during the second half of the 12th - mid-13th centuries, and to understand the influence of their geographical outlook on these actions. This outlook was comprised of both direct and indirect elements. Indirect ideas about the geographical space evolved from travelogue-type stories. It is argued that the political and geographical experience was an important factor in developing military-political strategies. The historical sources of this study are the Russian chronicles and the work of the Byzantine historian John Kinnam.
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