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Grigorovo is a village in Novgorodsky District of Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Veryazha River, west of and immediately adjacent to Veliky Novgorod. Novgorod Type: City with 223,000 residents
Veliky Novgorod ( Russian: Великий Новгород, lit. 'Great Newtown', IPA: [vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət] ), [11] 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, [12] being first mentioned in the 9th century.
- 90 km² (30 sq mi)
- Russia
- 25 m (82 ft)
- Novgorod Oblast
Veliky Novgorod, Russia. During the 12th century, Novgorod was engaged in prolonged struggles with the princes of Suzdal and gained victories in 1169 and 1216. Although the town avoided destruction in the great Tatar invasion of 1238–40, Tatar suzerainty was acknowledged. Under Alexander Nevsky, prince of Vladimir, Novgorod’s defenders ...
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Russia - Novgorod, History, Culture: Novgorod arose in the 9th century as one of the earliest centres of the exploitation of the forest hinterland and remained the most important commercial centre of the Kievan period. The changes of the latter Kievan period did not diminish the town’s importance, for it benefited both from the increased activity of the Hanseatic League and from the ...
v. t. e. The Novgorod Republic ( Russian: Новгородская республика, romanized : Novgorodskaya respublika) was a medieval state that existed from the 12th to 15th centuries in northern Russia, stretching from the Gulf of Finland in the west to the northern Ural Mountains in the east. Its capital was the city of Novgorod.
Veliky Novgorod: kremlin. The kremlin at Veliky Novgorod, Russia. Novgorod, oblast (region), northwestern Russia, extending across the morainic Valdai Hills, which rise to 971 feet (296 metres); the lowland basins of Lake Ilmen lie to the west and of the upper Volga River to the east. Much of the oblast ’s terrain is in swamp of peat bog or ...
