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This is a guest blog post about visiting Veliky Novgorod and Pskov, written by Alexandra and Karina, local Russian art and history experts. You can read more of their stories and check out some beautiful art tours they are organising on a link here. Suppose you are really interested in Russian history and culture, and there are a few extra days in ...
⤷ Veliky Novgorodis located some 180 km from Saint Petersburg. It can be reached by train, bus or car via the new highway. Trains to Veliky Novgorod leave from Saint Petersburg Railway Station just off the Nevsky Avenue. Rail journey will take you three hours in a comfortable train, and it is more recommendable if you are getting there on your own....
According to the legends and the Primary Chronicle from the 9th century, various pagan Slavic tribes, warring between each other, decided to seek the prince across the sea to establish peace in their lands. Three Varangians responded to this call – they were attracted by the wealth of vast overseas territories. Their names were Rurik, Sineus and Tr...
In the vicinity of old settlements on Vokhov and Pskova rivers’ shores, soon significant and prosperous cities grew up. Novgorod (first mentioned in 859) and Pskov (first mentioned in 903) later became the largest cities of medieval Europe and part of Hanseatic League. Both cities played a crucial role in the formation of the Russian national chara...
Kremlin – Detinets
Just like in the case with other ancient Russian cities, the political, religious and cultural centre of Veliky Novgorod was Kremlin. Novgorodians actually call their inner citadel Detinets. During its heyday between 12th and 15th century, Detinets was the centre of the Novgorod Republic. The archbishop’s courtyard was also located there. In the beginning, the Kremlin of Novgorod, just like the entire city, was made of wood. Still, in the 11th century St. Sophia, the main city cathedral, was...
St. Sophia Cathedral
The city’s religious life has always been linked to the Cathedral of St. Sophia – the oldest church in Russia. The majestic cathedral was constructed on the site of the burned down wooden church in only five years (between 1046-1050). Consecrated in Saint Sophia’s name, it was modelled after the Hagia Sophia of Constantinople, the main Orthodox shrine. St. Sophia of Novgorod has five main domes, and it seems to stretch out to Heaven. It became an example for all Novgorod churches. It was pain...
Church of the Transfiguration
Many old Veliky Novgorod churches are situated just across the pedestrian bridge from the Detinets, in the city neighbourhood called Yaroslav’s Court. However, one church that should be mentioned separately, is a bit further away from Yaroslav’s Court – a small one-dome Church of the Transfiguration. It was built in the 14th century, and is situated on Ilyina Street. It mesmerises with its original decorations and the harmony of proportions, typical of all Novgorod churches. It gained its wor...
Pskov is quite remarkable because it was the city of the holy Princess Olga. She was the first woman on the Russian throne and the first princess mentioned by the chroniclers. No woman before her received such an honour. Russia was later on ruled by many women. But, probably, the reign of courageous Olga in Pskov became the prologue to the 18th cen...
The Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings is a composite World Heritage Site which includes a number of medieval monuments in and around Veliky Novgorod, Russia. The site was inscribed in 1992. History. Novgorod between the 9th and the 15th centuries was one of the most significant cities of medieval Rus.
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Veliky Novgorod, the third largest city in Russia and the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast, has deep historical roots to Russian culture as a whole. The oldest city of Russia, it is known as the cradle of Russian democracy—its citizens were full participants in representative rule as early as the twelfth century.
Veliky Novgorod – the Birthplace of Russian Statehood. The Novgorod land is the only place where you can take a breath of the air that once filled the chest of the emerging Rus (Old Russia). Veliky Novgorod was the first to introduce Russia to running a republican state, and its historical example has always attracted the supporters of ...
