UKRAINE - UKRAINE Catherine II (1762-1796). Medal, Andre I (Iourevitch) Bogolioubski, Grand Prince of Vladimir then Administrator of Kiev, historical series of Grand Dukes, Tsars and Emperors, No. 21, by Jean Georges Waechter ND (after 1770), St Petersburg. Av. ВЕЛ. КН. АНДРЕИ ЮРБ ИЧБ БОГОЛЮБѢ. Three-quarter face bust, left. Rv. Under a wreath, in nine lines: НАЧАЛЪ / КНЯЖИТЪ 1158 Г. / ОСНОВАЛЪ ПРЕСОЛЪ / ВЕЛИКАГО КНЯЖЕНÏЯ / ВО ВЛАДИМИРѢ, / ПОБѢДИЛѢ БОЛГАРЪ / ВОЛСКИХѢ, / ВЛАДѢЛЪ 17 Л. / (21). Forrer VI p.339 ; Silver - 26.66 g - 39 mm - 12 h NGC AT 58 (8583606-016). Unsigned, by Johann Georg Wächter (1724-1796), resident in St. Petersburg from 1762 as an engraver. Minor handling marks. Superb. The principality of Vladimir arose in the 12th century after the break-up of the Rus' of Kiev and was initially ruled by descendants of the Grand Prince of Kiev, Yuri Dolgoruki. It became a vassal of the Mongol Empire, then of the Golden Horde (1239), and was divided into eleven principalities, including the principality of Moscow, which became the largest from 1325.