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The Best Attractions In Novgorod Oblast

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Novgorod Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Veliky Novgorod. Some of the oldest Russian cities, including Veliky Novgorod and Staraya Russa, are located in the oblast. The historic monuments of Veliky Novgorod and surroundings have been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Population: 634,111 .
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  • 1. Novgorod Kremlin (Detinets) Veliky Novgorod
    Veliky Novgorod , also known as Novgorod the Great, or Novgorod Veliky, or just Novgorod, is one of the most important historic cities in Russia, which serves as the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast. It is situated on the M10 federal highway connecting Moscow and St. Petersburg. The city lies along the Volkhov River just downstream from its outflow from Lake Ilmen. UNESCO recognized Novgorod as a World Heritage site in 1992. Population: 218,717 ; 216,856 ; 229,126 .At its peak during the 14th century, the city was the capital of the Novgorod Republic and one of Europe's largest cities.
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  • 2. Millennium of Russia Veliky Novgorod
    The Millennium of Russia is a bronze monument in the Novgorod Kremlin. It was erected in 1862 to celebrate the millennium of Rurik's arrival to Novgorod, an event traditionally taken as a starting point of the history of Russian statehood. A competition to design the monument was held in 1859. An architect Viktor Hartmann and an artist Mikhail Mikeshin were declared the winners. Mikeshin's design called for a grandiose, 15-metre-high bell crowned by a cross symbolizing the tsar's power. The bell was to be encircled with several tiers of sculptures representing Russian monarchs, clerics, generals, and artists active during various periods of Russian history. Mikeshin himself was no sculptor, therefore the 129 individual statues for the monument were made by the leading Russian sculptors of ...
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  • 3. St. Sophia Cathedral Veliky Novgorod
    The Cathedral of St. Sophia in Veliky Novgorod is the cathedral church of the Archbishop of Novgorod and the mother church of the Novgorodian Eparchy.
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  • 12. Lake Ilmen Novgorod Oblast
    Lake Ilmen is a large lake in the Novgorod Oblast of Russia. It's historically important lake, which formed a vital part of the Trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks. The city of Novgorod - itself a major trade center of the route - lies six kilometers below the lake's outflow. According to the Max Vasmer's Etymological Dictionary, the name of the lake originates from the Finnic Ilmajärvi, which means air lake. There are many lakes in Russia with their names being derivative from Lake Ilmen.The average surface area is 982 square kilometres . The lake is fed by 52 inflowing rivers, the four main ones being the Msta, the Pola, the Lovat, and the Shelon. It is drained through a single outlet, the Volkhov, into Lake Ladoga, and subsequently via the Neva into the Gulf of Finland. The s...
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