The date of the birth of the city Kostroma is considered to be 1152, when prince Yuri Dolgoruky founded a fortress of the bank of the Volga. There are assumptions that the city existed even earlier. Many times it perished on fire . In 1213 Kostroma was burnt out by prince Kostantin from Rostov by Mongols.
In the second half of the 13^th century Kostroma became the center of an independent principality. The city dwellers many times litted the weapon against enslaves. The battle near the saint lave is wide known town have gained a victory above mongols.
In the middle of the 14^th century Kostroma was included into the structure at Moscow principality and became one of fortresses of Russian state on the Volga.
In the 16^th century the role of Kostroma as craft shopping center grew. From that epoch there were many architectural monuments, including the ensemble of Ipatyevesky monastery.
At the end of the 18^th century Kostroma became the center at a province.
Many buildings constructed at that time. By the beginning of the 19^th century Kostroma is already a significant industrial center.
The original shape of Kostroma with architectural ensembles of the administrative center, trade rows, monasteries had been created for centuries.