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Onfim (Russian: Онфим; Old Novgorodian: Онѳиме, romanized: Onθime; also Anthemius of Novgorod) was a boy who lived in Novgorod (now Veliky Novgorod, Russia) in the 13th century, some time around 1220 or 1260.
The article contains a preliminary publication of seven birchbark letters of the 12th — first half of the 15th centuries found during the archaeological season of 2021 in Veliky Novgorod (Nos. 1136–1141, 1144) and the letter No. 52 from Staraya Russa.
Veliky Novgorod (Russian: Великий Новгород, lit. 'Great Newtown', IPA: [vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət]), also known simply as Novgorod (Новгород), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the oldest cities in Russia, being first mentioned in the 9th century.
Veliky Novgorod (commonly shortened to Novgorod) is one of the oldest Russian cities, first mentioned in chronicles of 859. In 882 Oleg, prince of Novgorod, captured Kiev and moved his capital there. In 989, under Vladimir, Novgorod’s inhabitants were forcibly baptized.
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Owing to the fragility of birch bark, many of these letters require linguistic reconstruction. The first birchbark letter was discovered in Veliky Novgorod, in north-west Russia, in 1951 by Nina Fedorovna Akulova during archaeological excavations.
The analysis of Novgorod’s birch-bark letters allowed scholars to reconstruct the everyday life of the city and its inhabitants over the course of the 11th to the 15th centuries, which was...
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Oct 19, 2014 · More than 1,000 birch-bark documents have been uncovered after being preserved for hundreds of years in the magical mud of Veliky Novgorod.
