History of the St. Petersburg

The Church of the Archangel Mikhail, mid-17th cenury.

Early Russia’s foremost cultural and art centre, Novgorod was first mentioned in a scripture in 859. 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. Novgorod remained unconquered throughout the hard times of Tartar invasion, so that its cultural monuments and artistic traditions survived until to-day. This explains the city’s special significance in Russian art.

Novgorod. Museum of Architecture in the open air. Wooden church. 17th century

Novgorod. Museum of Architecture in the open air. Wooden Kuritskaya Church (17th century)

Novgorod. Kremlin-citadel. Church of St Andrew Stratilates (17th century?). General view

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

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

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

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

Novgorod. The Torgovaya Storona. Church of St John the Theologian in Radokovitsy (1383-1384); in the background, Church of SS Boris and Gleb in Plotniki (1536). General view from the North