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Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Novgorod
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A noted Russian city, and capital of a government of the same name, is situated on the Volkhof, 110 m. SE. of St. Petersburg; is divided into two parts by the bridged river, contains the cathedral of St. Sophia (11th century); with its foundation in 864 by Rurik, a Scandinavian prince, Russian history begins; was by the 12th century a free State, but in 1471 was put down by the Muscovite Czar Ivan III.; the government of Novgorod (1,290) lies E. of St. Petersburg, embraces the Valdai plateau and hills, is chiefly forest land, and includes some 3000 lakes.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Novgorod'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/n/novgorod.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Novgorod'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/n/novgorod.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
