The village of Bogolyubovo is situated on the high bank of the former river of Klyazma. It's 14 km. to the East from Vladimir. Bogolyubovo was founded in the middle of the 12th century by prince Andrei Bogolyubsky as a royal residence in the outskirts of the capital city of Vladimir. It was mentioned as a city in the List of Russian cities as early as the 14th century. It consisted of the Southern royal part with white stone cathedral and a yard and the Northern part where the town people lived.

Since the end of the 12th century there was a monastery in the former residence.

Later the city of Bogolyubovo turned into a village along the trade and mail highway Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod.

After 1917 the village was a part of Vladimir province. Since 1945- the center of Vladimir district. On the 9th of March 1960 Bogolyubovo became a suburban settlement. Since 1965 it's in Suzdal district. The population of Bogolyubovo is 4,5 thousand. Now there is a cannery, a station of Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod railway and a convent in Bogolyubovo.