Early Russia's foremost cultural and art centre. For the many centuries ever since Novgorod produced a large artistic school and preserved numberless monuments of the 11th-17th-century architecture, along with artistically outstanding works of early monumental painting.

View of the kremlin through the arch of the former Gostiny Dvor

Novgorod. The Torgovaya Storona. View of the kremlin through the arch of the former Gostiny Dvor

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View of the kremlin wall from the Volkhov River

Novgorod. Kremlin-citadel. View of the kremlin wall from the Volkhov River

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Mitropolichya (Metropolitan’s) Tower

Novgorod. Kremlin-citadel. Vladychny Dvor. View of the Mitropolichya (Metropolitan’s) Tower from the yard

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Church of St Procopius and Church of the Holy Women

Novgorod. The Torgovaya Storona. Yaroslavovo Dvorische. To the left, Church of St Procopius (1529), to the right, Church of the Holy Women (1510). General view from the East

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Kremlin-citadel. Vladychny Dvor.

Novgorod. Kremlin-citadel. Vladychny Dvor. Clock Tower of St Euthymus (1443; upper section rebuilt in 1673) with the overgate Church of St Sergius of Radonezh (1463, 1459). General view from the North

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Yaroslavovo Dvorische (Yaroslav’s Stead)

Novgorod. The Torgovaya Storona. Yaroslavovo Dvorische (Yaroslav’s Stead). Cathedral of the Holy Women (1510). View from the West

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Cathedral of the Annunciation-on-Torg

Novgorod. The Torgovaya Storona. Cathedral of the Annunciation-on-Torg (1466; rebuilt in 1530s; passageway with an octahedral belfry (16th century?) to the Church of the Archangel Michael (non-existent at present). General view from the East

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Church of the Dormitionon-Torg

Novgorod. The Torgovaya Storona. Church of the Dormitionon-Torg (1135; rebuilt in 1458). General view from the West

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Church of St John the Merciful

Novgorod. The Sofiyskaya Storona. Church of St John the Merciful on the Myachino Lake (1422). General view

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Church of St John the Theologian

Novgorod. The Torgovaya Storona. Church of St John the Theologian in Radokovitsy (1383-1384). General view from the West

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