Novgorod Oblast

Novgorod Oblast - Districts. Novgorod Oblast consists of the following districts (raions): Batetsky (Батецкий) Borovichsky (Боровичский) Chudovsky (Чудовский) Demyansky (Демянский) Kholmsky (Холмский) Khvoyninsky (Хвойнинский) Krestetsky (Крестецкий) Lyubytinsky (Любытинский) Malovishersky (Маловишерский) Maryovsky (Марё� ...

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Vologda Oblast (Russian: Волого́дская о́бласть) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Area 145,700 km², population 1,269,568 (as of 2002 All-Russia Population Census). Its largest city is Cherepovets, but the administrative center is Vologda. Vologda Oblast is rich in historic monuments, such as the magnificent Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, Ferapontov Convent (a World Heritage Site), medieval towns of Velikiy Ustyug and Belozersk, baroque churches of Totma and Usty ...

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Thought to have originated in the mid-10th century, Staraya Russa was first mentioned in chronicles for the year 1076 as one of three main towns of the Novgorod Republic, alongside Pskov and Ladoga. Its name is derived from the time of the Varangians, who called themselves Rus and settled in the vicinity to control important trade routes leading from Novgorod to Polotsk and Kiev. The wooden settlement of Russa was burned to ashes in 1190 and 1194. In 1478, it was incorporated into Muscovy together with Novgorod. The word Staraya (Old) was prefixed to the name in the 15th century, to distinguis ...

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Main article: Novgorod Republic Novgorod is the most ancient Slavic city recorded in Russia. The chronicle first mentions it in 859, when it was already a major station on the trade route from the Baltics to Byzantium. The Varangian name of the city Holmgard (also Holmgarðr, Hólmgarður, Holmgaard, Holmegård) is mentioned in Norse Sagas as existing substantially earlier, but it is impossible to separate the historical facts from the surrounding myth. Later in history, Holmgard referred only ...

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Vologda Oblast - Districts. Vologda Oblast consists of the following districts (raions): Babayevsky (Бабаевский) Babushkinsky (Бабушкинский) Belozersky (Белозерский) Chagodoshchensky (Чагодощенский) Cherepovetsky (Череповецкий) Gryazovetsky (Грязовецкий) Kaduysky (Кадуйский) Kharovsky (Харовский) Kich-Gorodetsky (Кич-Городецк� ...

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Even though Rurik was probably legendary, there is a controversy about his ethnic origins in Eastern Europe. According to the Primary Chronicle Rurik was one of the Rus, a Varangian tribe likened by the chronicler to Danes, Swedes, English and Gotlanders (Goths) and usually identified with the Varangians of Roslagen. See Rus' (people) for detailed discussion of the Rus' provenance. In the 20th century, archaeologists partly corroborated the chronicle's version of events. It was discovered that the settlement of Ladoga, whose fo ...

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No other Russian or Ukrainian city may compete with Novgorod in the variety and age of its medieval monuments. The foremost among these is the St Sophia Cathedral, built in the 1040s at the behest of Yaroslav the Wise. It is the best preserved of 11th century churches, and the first one to represent original features of Russian architecture (austere stone walls, five helmet-like cupolas). Its frescoes were painted in the 12th century and renovated in the 1860s. The cathedral features famous bronze gates, made in Magdeburg in 1156 and reportedly snatched by Novgorodians from t ...

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There is a debate over how Rurik came to control Ladoga and Novgorod. The only information about him is contained in the 12th-century Russian Primary Chronicle, which states that Chuds, Slavs, Merias, Veses and Krivichs "…drove the Varangians back beyond the sea, refused to pay them tribute, and set out to govern themselves". Afterwards the tribes started fighting each other and decided to i ...

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Vologda Oblast borders Arkhangelsk Oblast (N), Kirov Oblast (E), Kostroma Oblast (SE), Yaroslavl Oblast (S), Tver Oblast (SW), Novgorod Oblast (SW), Leningrad Oblast (W) and the Republic of Karelia (NW). Vologda Oblast - Time zone. Vologda Oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD). ...

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Novgorod Oblast borders Leningrad Oblast (NW,N), Vologda Oblast (E), Tver Oblast (SE,S) and Pskov Oblast (SW). The western part is a lowland around the Lake Ilmen, while the eastern part is highland (a part of the Valdai Hills). The highest point is mount Ryzhokha (296 m). Novgorod Oblast - Time zone. Novgorod Oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC ...

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