Cika wannan jumla:
Bayan mamayewar Mongol na Kieven Rus'(1223-1240), lokacin da ake tsabtace gandun daji a hankali kuma an gina sabbin cibiyoyi a Moscow, Tver, da sauran wurare, mahimmancin dabarun Zalesye ya ragu. Sabbin cibiyoyin birane sun haɓaka kusa da sanannun gidajen ibada (misali, Sergiev Posad, Kirzhach) ko kusa da gidajen sarauta (misali, Alexandrov, Radonezh).