▁who ▁personally ▁designed ▁the ▁town ' s ▁chief ▁land mark , ▁the ▁C athedral ▁of ▁St .   Ge orge ▁( 1 2 3 0 – 1 2 3 4 ). ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁latest ▁pre - M ong ol ▁construction ▁in ▁Russia , ▁un pre ced ented ▁in ▁abund ance ▁of ▁stone ▁sculpt ures , ▁and ▁also ▁the ▁model ▁for ▁first ▁stone ▁churches ▁in ▁the ▁Moscow ▁Kre ml in . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 4 6 0 s , ▁the ▁c athedral ' s ▁d ome ▁col lapsed , ▁thus ▁b ury ing ▁most ▁of ▁unique ▁sculpt ures ▁which ▁had ▁ad orn ed ▁the ▁c athedral ▁walls . ▁The ▁col lapsed ▁roof ▁was ▁slo pp ily ▁restored ▁by ▁a ▁well - known ▁Mus cov ite ▁art isan , ▁Vas ili ▁Y erm olin , ▁in ▁ 1 4 7 1 . ▁ ▁The ▁great ▁Battle ▁of ▁Lip its a ▁was ▁fought ▁near ▁the ▁town ▁in ▁ 1 2 1 6 . ▁In ▁ 1 2 3 8 , ▁Y ury ev ▁was ▁s ack ed ▁by ▁the ▁Mong ols . ▁A ▁century ▁later , ▁it ▁was ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁the ▁Grand ▁Duch y ▁of ▁Moscow . ▁The ▁chief ▁monument ▁of ▁the ▁Mus cov ite ▁period ▁is ▁the ▁w alled ▁Mon aster y ▁of ▁Arch angel ▁Michael , ▁founded ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁century ▁and ▁containing ▁various ▁buildings ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁and ▁ 1 8 th ▁centuries . ▁Several ▁miles ▁from ▁Y ury ev , ▁on ▁the ▁bank