The Church of Saint George is situaded not far from the Church of Our Saviour.
It was here that the courtyard of Prince Yuriy Dolgoruky stood in the twelfth century. The stone Church of Saint George was built here in 1157.
After the fire of 1778 it was demolished and the stone was used to erect the present building (1783-1784), constructed in provincial Baroque style.
Excavation has shown that it was precision placed on the stone walls of the old Church which are now completely buried.
The original Church was almost square in shape, with a single dome supported by four cruciform pillars, flat pilaster strips on the outer walls, and three huge apses. Its socle was not structured and had a simple, flat surface.
With its severe, spare lines and massive proportions the Church of Saint George presented a sharp contrast with the Church of Our Saviour, which was built not far away few year later. It was very similar to the Church of Saint Boris and Saint Gleb in Kideksha (1152), the country residence of Yuriy Dolgoruky just outside Suzdal.