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Veliky Novgorod

Veliky Novgorod (Russian: Великий Новгород, IPA: [vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət], lit. 'Great Newtown'), also known as just Novgorod (Новгород), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the oldest cities in Russia,[13] being first mentioned in the 9th century. The city lies along the Volkhov River just downstream from its outflow from Lake Ilmen and is situated on the M10 federal highway connecting Moscow and Saint Petersburg. UNESCO recognized Novgorod as a World Heritage Site in 1992. The city has a population of 224,286 (2021 Census).[14]

Veliky Novgorod
Великий Новгород
Counter-clockwise from top right: the Millennium of Russia, cathedral of St. Sophia, the fine arts museum, St. George's Monastery, the Kremlin, Yaroslav's Court
Anthem: none[3]
Location of Veliky Novgorod
Veliky Novgorod
Location of Veliky Novgorod
Veliky Novgorod
Veliky Novgorod (European Russia)
Veliky Novgorod
Veliky Novgorod (Europe)
Coordinates: 58°33′N 31°16′E / 58.550°N 31.267°E / 58.550; 31.267Coordinates: 58°33′N 31°16′E / 58.550°N 31.267°E / 58.550; 31.267
CountryRussia
Federal subjectNovgorod Oblast[2]
First mentioned859[4]
Government
 • BodyDuma[5]
 • Mayor (Head)[5]Aleksandr Rozbaum
Area
 • Total90 km2 (30 sq mi)
Elevation
25 m (82 ft)
Population
 • Total218,717
 • Estimate 
(2018)[8]
222,868 (+1.9%)
 • Rank85th in 2010
 • Density2,400/km2 (6,300/sq mi)
 • Subordinated tocity of oblast significance of Veliky Novgorod[2]
 • Capital ofNovgorod Oblast[2], city of oblast significance of Veliky Novgorod[2]
 • Urban okrugVeliky Novgorod Urban Okrug[9]
 • Capital ofVeliky Novgorod Urban Okrug[9], Novgorodsky Municipal District[9]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK [10])
Postal code(s)[11]
173000–173005, 173007–173009, 173011–173016, 173018, 173020–173025, 173700, 173899, 173920, 173955, 173990, 173999
Dialing code(s)+7 8162
OKTMO ID49701000001
Websitewww.adm.nov.ru

At its peak during the 14th century, the city was the capital of the Novgorod Republic and was one of Europe's largest cities.[15] The "Veliky" ("great") part was added to the city's name in 1999.

History

Early developments

 
Novgorod Kremlin

The Sofia First Chronicle makes initial mention of it in 859, while the Novgorod First Chronicle first mentions it in 862, when it was purportedly already a major Baltics-to-Byzantium station on the trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks.[16] The Charter of Veliky Novgorod recognizes 859 as the year when the city was first mentioned.[4] Novgorod is traditionally considered to be a cradle of Russian statehood.[17]

The oldest archaeological excavations in the middle to late 20th century, however, have found cultural layers dating back to the late 10th century, the time of the Christianization of Rus' and a century after it was allegedly founded.[18] Archaeological dating is fairly easy and accurate to within 15–25 years, as the streets were paved with wood, and most of the houses made of wood, allowing tree ring dating.

The Varangian name of the city Holmgård or Holmgard (Holmgarðr or Holmgarðir) is mentioned in Norse Sagas as existing at a yet earlier stage, but the correlation of this reference with the actual city is uncertain.[19] Originally, Holmgård referred to the stronghold, now only 2 km (1.2 miles) to the south of the center of the present-day city, Rurikovo Gorodische (named in comparatively modern times after the Varangian chieftain Rurik, who supposedly made it his "capital" around 860). Archaeological data suggests that the Gorodishche, the residence of the Knyaz (prince), dates from the mid-9th century,[20] whereas the town itself dates only from the end of the 10th century; hence the name Novgorod, "new city", from Old East Slavic Новъ and Городъ (Nov and Gorod); the Old Norse term Nýgarðr is a calque of an Old Russian word. First mention of this Norse etymology to the name of the city of Novgorod (and that of other cities within the territory of the then Kievan Rus') occurs in the 10th-century policy manual De Administrando Imperio by Byzantine emperor Constantine VII.

Princely state within Kievan Rus'

 
Cathedral of St. Sophia, a symbol of the city and the main cathedral of the Novgorod Republic

In 882, Rurik's successor, Oleg of Novgorod, conquered Kiev and founded the state of Kievan Rus'. Novgorod's size as well as its political, economic, and cultural influence made it the second most important city in Kievan Rus'. According to a custom, the elder son and heir of the ruling Kievan monarch was sent to rule Novgorod even as a minor. When the ruling monarch had no such son, Novgorod was governed by posadniks, such as the legendary Gostomysl, Dobrynya, Konstantin, and Ostromir.

Of all their princes, Novgorodians most cherished the memory of Yaroslav the Wise, who sat as Prince of Novgorod from 1010 to 1019, while his father, Vladimir the Great, was a prince in Kiev. Yaroslav promulgated the first written code of laws (later incorporated into Russkaya Pravda) among the Eastern Slavs and is said to have granted the city a number of freedoms or privileges, which they often referred to in later centuries as precedents in their relations with other princes. His son, Vladimir, sponsored construction of the great St. Sophia Cathedral, more accurately translated as the Cathedral of Holy Wisdom, which stands to this day.

Early foreign ties

In Norse sagas the city is mentioned as the capital of Gardariki.[21] Many Viking kings and yarls came to Novgorod seeking refuge or employment, including Olaf I of Norway, Olaf II of Norway, Magnus I of Norway, and Harald Hardrada.[22] No more than a few decades after the 1030 death and subsequent canonization of Olaf II of Norway, the city's community had erected in his memory Saint Olaf's Church in Novgorod.

The Gotland town of Visby functioned as the leading trading center in the Baltic before the Hansa League. At Novgorod in 1080, Visby merchants established a trading post which they named Gutagard (also known as Gotenhof).[23] Later, in the first half of the 13th century, merchants from northern Germany also established their own trading station in Novgorod, known as Peterhof.[24] At about the same time, in 1229, German merchants at Novgorod were granted certain privileges, which made their position more secure.[25]

Novgorod Republic

 
Monastery of the Tithes is one of eight ancient monasteries of the old Russian state Novgorodian Rus'
 
12th-century Novgorod icon called The Angel with Golden Hair

In 1136, the Novgorodians dismissed their prince Vsevolod Mstislavich. The year is seen as the traditional beginning of the Novgorod Republic. The city was able to invite and dismiss a number of princes over the next two centuries, but the princely office was never abolished and powerful princes, such as Alexander Nevsky, could assert their will in the city regardless of what Novgorodians said.[26] The city state controlled most of Europe's northeast, from lands east of today's Estonia to the Ural Mountains, making it one of the largest states in medieval Europe, although much of the territory north and east of Lakes Ladoga and Onega was sparsely populated and never organized politically.

One of the most important local figures in Novgorod was the posadnik, or mayor, an official elected by the public assembly (called the Veche) from among the city's boyars, or aristocracy. The tysyatsky, or "thousandman", originally the head of the town militia but later a commercial and judicial official, was also elected by the Veche. Another important local official was the Archbishop of Novgorod who shared power with the boyars.[27] Archbishops were elected by the Veche or by the drawing of lots, and after their election, were sent to the metropolitan for consecration.[28]

While a basic outline of the various officials and the Veche can be drawn up, the city-state's exact political constitution remains unknown. The boyars and the archbishop ruled the city together, although where one official's power ended and another's began is uncertain. The prince, although his power was reduced from around the middle of the 12th century, was represented by his namestnik, or lieutenant, and still played important roles as a military commander, legislator and jurist. The exact composition of the Veche, too, is uncertain, with some historians, such as Vasily Klyuchevsky, claiming it was democratic in nature, while later scholars, such as Marxists Valentin Ianin and Aleksandr Khoroshev, see it as a "sham democracy" controlled by the ruling elite.

In the 13th century, Novgorod, while not a member of the Hanseatic League, was the easternmost kontor, or entrepôt, of the league, being the source of enormous quantities of luxury (sable, ermine, fox, marmot) and non-luxury furs (squirrel pelts).[29]

Throughout the Middle Ages, the city thrived culturally. A large number of birch bark letters have been unearthed in excavations, perhaps suggesting widespread literacy. It was in Novgorod that the Novgorod Codex, the oldest Slavic book written north of Bulgaria, and the oldest inscription in a Finnic language (Birch bark letter no. 292) were unearthed. Some of the most ancient Russian chronicles (Novgorod First Chronicle) were written in the scriptorium of the archbishops who also promoted iconography and patronized church construction. The Novgorod merchant Sadko became a popular hero of Russian folklore.

Novgorod was never conquered by the Mongols during the Mongol invasion of Rus. The Mongol army turned back about 200 kilometers (120 mi) from the city, not because of the city's strength, but probably because the Mongol commanders did not want to get bogged down in the marshlands surrounding the city. However, the grand princes of Moscow, who acted as tax collectors for the khans of the Golden Horde, did collect tribute in Novgorod, most notably Yury Danilovich and his brother, Ivan Kalita.

 
The 16th century Vision of Tarasius icon depicts Novgorod with the Sofia side to the left and the Commercial side to the right. The inhabitants of the city are shown doing their day-to-day work while being guarded by the angels

In 1259, Mongol tax-collectors and census-takers arrived in the city, leading to political disturbances and forcing Alexander Nevsky to punish a number of town officials (he cut off their noses) for defying him as Grand Prince of Vladimir (soon to be the khan's tax-collector in Russia) and his Mongol overlords. In the 14th century, raids by Novgorod pirates, or ushkuiniki,[30] sowed fear as far as Kazan and Astrakhan, assisting Novgorod in wars with the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

During the era of Old Rus' State, Novgorod was a trade hub at the northern end of both the Volga trade route and the "route from the Varangians to the Greeks" along the Dnieper river system. A vast array of goods were transported along these routes and exchanged with local Novgorod merchants and other traders. The farmers of Gotland retained the Saint Olof trading house well into the 12th century. Later German merchantmen also established tradinghouses in Novgorod. Scandinavian royalty would intermarry with Russian princes and princesses.

After the great schism, Novgorod struggled from the beginning of the 13th century against Swedish, Danish, and German crusaders. During the Swedish-Novgorodian Wars, the Swedes invaded lands where some of the population had earlier paid tribute to Novgorod. The Germans had been trying to conquer the Baltic region since the late 12th century. Novgorod went to war 26 times with Sweden and 11 times with the Livonian Brothers of the Sword. The German knights, along with Danish and Swedish feudal lords, launched a series of uncoordinated attacks in 1240–1242. Novgorodian sources mention that a Swedish army was defeated in the Battle of the Neva in 1240. The Baltic German campaigns ended in failure after the Battle on the Ice in 1242. After the foundation of the castle of Viborg in 1293 the Swedes gained a foothold in Karelia. On August 12, 1323, Sweden and Novgorod signed the Treaty of Nöteborg, regulating their border for the first time.

The city's downfall occurred partially as a result of its inability to feed its large population,[citation needed] making it dependent on the Vladimir-Suzdal region for grain. The main cities in the area, Moscow and Tver, used this dependence to gain control over Novgorod. Eventually Ivan III forcibly annexed the city to the Grand Duchy of Moscow in 1478. The Veche was dissolved and a significant part of Novgorod's aristocracy, merchants and smaller landholding families was deported to central Russia. The Hanseatic League kontor was closed in 1494 and the goods stored there were seized by Muscovite forces.[31][32]

Tsardom of Russia

 
City plan of Novgorod in 1862
 
Kremlin square on postcard of the early XX century

At the time of annexation, Novgorod became the third largest city under Muscovy and then the Tsardom of Russia (with 5,300 homesteads and 25–30 thousand inhabitants in the 1550s[33]) and remained so until the famine of the 1560s and the Massacre of Novgorod in 1570. In the Massacre, Ivan the Terrible sacked the city, slaughtered thousands of its inhabitants, and deported the city's merchant elite and nobility to Moscow, Yaroslavl and elsewhere. The last decade of the 16th century was a comparatively favourable period for the city as Boris Godunov restored trade privileges and raised the status of Novgorod bishop. The German trading post was reestablished in 1603.[34] Even after the incorporation into the Russian state Novgorod land retained its distinct identity and institutions, including the customs policy and administrative division. Certain elective offices were quickly restored after having been abolished by Ivan III.[35]

During the Time of Troubles, Novgorodians submitted to Swedish troops led by Jacob De la Gardie in the summer of 1611. The city was restituted to Muscovy six years later by the Treaty of Stolbovo. The conflict led to further depopulation: the number of homesteads in the city decreased from 1158 in 1607 to only 493 in 1617, with the Sofia side described as 'deserted'.[36][37] Novgorod only regained a measure of its former prosperity towards the end of the century, when such ambitious buildings as the Cathedral of the Sign and the Vyazhischi Monastery were constructed. The most famous of Muscovite patriarchs, Nikon, was active in Novgorod between 1648 and 1652. The Novgorod Land became one of the Old Believers' strongholds after the Schism.[34] The city remained an important trade centre even though it was now eclipsed by Archangelsk, Novgorodian merchants were trading in the Baltic cities and Stockholm while Swedish merchants came to Novgorod where they had their own trading post since 1627.[38] Novgorod continued to be a major centre of crafts which employed the majority of its population. There were more than 200 distinct professions in 16th century. Bells, cannons and other arms were produced in Novgorod; its silversmiths were famous for the skan' technique used for religious items and jewellery. Novgorod chests were in widespread use all across Russia, including the Tsar's household and the northern monasteries.[39]

Russian Empire

In 1727, Novgorod was made the administrative center of Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire, which was detached from Saint Petersburg Governorate (see Administrative divisions of Russia in 1727–1728). This administrative division existed until 1927. Between 1927 and 1944, the city was a part of Leningrad Oblast, and then became the administrative center of the newly formed Novgorod Oblast.

Modern era

On August 15, 1941, during World War II, the city was occupied by the German Army. Its historic monuments were systematically obliterated. The Red Army liberated the city on January 19, 1944. Out of 2,536 stone buildings, fewer than forty remained standing. After the war, thanks to plans laid down by Alexey Shchusev, the central part was gradually restored. In 1992, the chief monuments of the city and the surrounding area were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list as the Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings. In 1999, the city was officially renamed Veliky Novgorod (literally, Great Novgorod),[40] thus partly reverting to its medieval title "Lord Novgorod the Great". This reduced the temptation to confuse Veliky Novgorod with Nizhny Novgorod, a larger city the other side of Moscow which, between 1932 and 1990, had been renamed Gorky, in honour of Maxim Gorky.

Administrative and municipal status

Veliky Novgorod is the administrative center of the oblast and, within the framework of administrative divisions, it also serves as the administrative center of Novgorodsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[2] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the city of oblast significance of Veliky Novgorod—an administrative unit with status equal to that of the districts.[2] As a municipal division, the city of oblast significance of Veliky Novgorod is incorporated as Veliky Novgorod Urban Okrug.[9]

Sights

 
The Millennium of Russia monument (1862), with Saint Sophia Cathedral in the background. The upper row of figures is cast in the round and the lower one is in relief.

The city is known for the variety and age of its medieval monuments. The foremost among these is the St. Sophia Cathedral, built between 1045 and 1050 under the patronage of Vladimir Yaroslavich, the son of Yaroslav the Wise; Vladimir and his mother, Anna Porphyrogenita, are buried in the cathedral.[41] It is one of the best preserved churches from the 11th century. It is also probably the oldest structure still in use in Russia and the first one to represent original features of Russian architecture (austere stone walls, five helmet-like domes). Its frescoes were painted in the 12th century originally on the orders of Bishop Nikita (died 1108) (the "porches" or side chapels were painted in 1144 under Archbishop Nifont) and renovated several times over the centuries, most recently in the nineteenth century.[42] The cathedral features famous bronze gates, which now hang in the west entrance, allegedly made in Magdeburg in 1156 (other sources see them originating from Płock in Poland) and reportedly snatched by Novgorodians from the Swedish town of Sigtuna in 1187. More recent scholarship has determined that the gates were most likely purchased in the mid-15th century, apparently at the behest of Archbishop Euthymius II (1429–1458), a lover of Western art and architectural styles.[43]

The Novgorod Kremlin, traditionally known as the Detinets, also contains the oldest palace in Russia (the so-called Chamber of the Facets, 1433), which served as the main meeting hall of the archbishops; the oldest Russian bell tower (mid-15th century), and the oldest Russian clock tower (1673). The Palace of Facets, the bell tower, and the clock tower were originally built on the orders of Archbishop Euphimius II, although the clock tower collapsed in the 17th century and had to be rebuilt and much of the palace of Euphimius II is no longer standing. Among later structures, the most remarkable are a royal palace (1771) and a bronze monument to the Millennium of Russia, representing the most important figures from the country's history (unveiled in 1862).

 
St. Nicholas Cathedral, built by Mstislav I near his palace at Yaroslav's Court, Novgorod, contains 12th-century frescoes depicting his illustrious family

Outside the Kremlin walls, there are three large churches constructed during the reign of Mstislav the Great. St. Nicholas Cathedral (1113–1123), containing frescoes of Mstislav's family, graces Yaroslav's Court (formerly the chief square of Novgorod). The Yuriev Monastery (one of the oldest in Russia, 1030) contains a tall, three-domed cathedral from 1119 (built by Mstislav's son, Vsevolod, and Kyurik, the head of the monastery). A similar three-domed cathedral (1117), probably designed by the same masters, stands in the Antoniev Monastery, built on the orders of Antony, the founder of that monastery.

There are now some fifty medieval and early modern churches scattered throughout the city and its surrounding areas. [44] Some of them were blown up by the Nazis and subsequently restored. The most ancient pattern is represented by those dedicated to Saints Pyotr and Pavel (on the Swallow's Hill, 1185–1192), to Annunciation (in Myachino, 1179), to Assumption (on Volotovo Field, 1180s) and to St. Paraskeva-Piatnitsa (at Yaroslav's Court, 1207). The greatest masterpiece of early Novgorod architecture is the Savior church at Nereditsa (1198).

In the 13th century, tiny churches of the three-paddled design were in vogue. These are represented by a small chapel at the Peryn Monastery (1230s) and St. Nicholas' on the Lipnya Islet (1292, also notable for its 14th-century frescoes). The next century saw the development of two original church designs, one of them culminating in St Theodor's church (1360–1361, fine frescoes from 1380s), and another one leading to the Savior church on Ilyina street (1374, painted in 1378 by Feofan Grek). The Savior' church in Kovalevo (1345) was originally frescoed by Serbian masters, but the church was destroyed during the war. While the church has since been rebuilt, the frescoes have not been restored.

During the last century of the republican government, some new churches were consecrated to Saints Peter and Paul (on Slavna, 1367; in Kozhevniki, 1406), to Christ's Nativity (at the Cemetery, 1387), to St. John the Apostle's (1384), to the Twelve Apostles (1455), to St Demetrius (1467), to St. Simeon (1462), and other saints. Generally, they are not thought[by whom?] to be as innovative as the churches from the previous period. Several shrines from the 12th century (i.e., in Opoki) were demolished brick by brick and then reconstructed exactly as they used to be, several of them in the mid-fifteenth century, again under Archbishop Yevfimy II (Euthymius II), perhaps one of the greatest patrons of architecture in medieval Novgorod.

Novgorod's conquest by Ivan III in 1478 decisively changed the character of local architecture. Large commissions were thenceforth executed by Muscovite masters and patterned after cathedrals of Moscow Kremlin: e.g., the Savior Cathedral of Khutyn Monastery (1515), the Cathedral of the Mother of God of the Sign (1688), the St. Nicholas Cathedral of Vyaschizhy Monastery (1685). Nevertheless, the styles of some parochial churches were still in keeping with local traditions: e.g., the churches of Myrrh-bearing Women (1510) and of Saints Boris and Gleb (1586).

In Vitoslavlitsy, along the Volkhov River and the Myachino Lake, close to the Yuriev Monastery, a museum of wooden architecture was established in 1964. Over twenty wooden buildings (churches, houses and mills) dating from the 14th to the 19th century were transported there from all around the Novgorod region.

11400 graves of the German 1st Luftwaffe Field Division are found at the war cemetery in Novgorod. Also 1900 soldiers of the Spanish Blue Division are buried there.[45]

Transportation

Intercity transport

 
Novgorod main railway station, built in 1953

Novgorod has connections to Moscow (531 km) and St. Petersburg (189 km) by the federal highway M10. There are public buses to Saint Petersburg and other destinations.

The city has direct railway passenger connections with Moscow (Leningradsky Rail Terminal, by night trains), St. Petersburg (Moscow Rail Terminal and Vitebsk Rail Terminal, by suburban trains), Minsk (Belarus) (Minsk Passazhirsky railway station, by night trains) and Murmansk.

The city's former commercial airport Yurievo was decommissioned in 2006, and the area has now been redeveloped into a residential neighbourhood. The still existing Krechevitsy Airport does not serve any regular flights since mid-1990s although there is a plan to turn Krechevitsy into a new operational airport by 2025.[46] The nearest international airport is St. Petersburg's Pulkovo, some 180 kilometres (112 miles) north of the city.

Local transportation

 
Veliky Novgorod trolleybus map (2021)

Local transportation consists of a network of buses and trolleybuses. The trolleybus network, which currently consists of five routes, started operating in 1995 and is the first trolley system opened in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Honours

A minor planet, 3799 Novgorod, discovered by the Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1979, is named after the city.[47]

Twin towns – sister cities

Veliky Novgorod is twinned with:[48][49]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Resolution #121
  2. ^ a b c d e f Law #559-OZ
  3. ^ According to Article 9 of the Charter of Veliky Novgorod, the symbols of Veliky Novgorod include a flag and a coat of arms but not an anthem.
  4. ^ a b Charter of Veliky Novgorod, Article 1
  5. ^ a b Charter of Veliky Novgorod, Article 6
  6. ^ a b Official website of Veliky Novgorod. Geographic Location (in Russian)
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  9. ^ a b c d Oblast Law #284-OZ
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  12. ^ Law #111-FZ
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  19. ^ The name Holmgard is a Norse toponym meaning Islet town or Islet grad, and there are various explanations for why they gave this name. According to Rydzevskaya, the Norse name is derived from the Slavic Holmgrad which means "town on a hill" and may allude to the "old town" preceding the "new town", or Novgorod.
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  28. ^ Michael C. Paul, "Episcopal Election in Novgorod, Russia 1156–1478". Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture 72, No. 2 (June 2003): 251-275.
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Not to be confused with Nizhny Novgorod Novgorod redirects here For other uses see Novgorod disambiguation Veliky Novgorod Russian Velikij Novgorod IPA vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡeret lit Great Newtown also known as just Novgorod Novgorod is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast Russia It is one of the oldest cities in Russia 13 being first mentioned in the 9th century The city lies along the Volkhov River just downstream from its outflow from Lake Ilmen and is situated on the M10 federal highway connecting Moscow and Saint Petersburg UNESCO recognized Novgorod as a World Heritage Site in 1992 The city has a population of 224 286 2021 Census 14 Veliky Novgorod Velikij NovgorodCity 1 Counter clockwise from top right the Millennium of Russia cathedral of St Sophia the fine arts museum St George s Monastery the Kremlin Yaroslav s CourtFlagCoat of armsAnthem none 3 Location of Veliky NovgorodVeliky NovgorodLocation of Veliky NovgorodShow map of Novgorod OblastVeliky NovgorodVeliky Novgorod European Russia Show map of European RussiaVeliky NovgorodVeliky Novgorod Europe Show map of EuropeCoordinates 58 33 N 31 16 E 58 550 N 31 267 E 58 550 31 267 Coordinates 58 33 N 31 16 E 58 550 N 31 267 E 58 550 31 267CountryRussiaFederal subjectNovgorod Oblast 2 First mentioned859 4 Government BodyDuma 5 Mayor Head 5 Aleksandr RozbaumArea 6 Total90 km2 30 sq mi Elevation25 m 82 ft Population 2010 Census 7 Total218 717 Estimate 2018 8 222 868 1 9 Rank85th in 2010 Density2 400 km2 6 300 sq mi Administrative status Subordinated tocity of oblast significance of Veliky Novgorod 2 Capital ofNovgorod Oblast 2 city of oblast significance of Veliky Novgorod 2 Municipal status Urban okrugVeliky Novgorod Urban Okrug 9 Capital ofVeliky Novgorod Urban Okrug 9 Novgorodsky Municipal District 9 Time zoneUTC 3 MSK 10 Postal code s 11 173000 173005 173007 173009 173011 173016 173018 173020 173025 173700 173899 173920 173955 173990 173999Dialing code s 7 8162OKTMO ID49701000001Websitewww wbr adm wbr nov wbr ruAt its peak during the 14th century the city was the capital of the Novgorod Republic and was one of Europe s largest cities 15 The Veliky great part was added to the city s name in 1999 Contents 1 History 1 1 Early developments 1 2 Princely state within Kievan Rus 1 3 Early foreign ties 1 4 Novgorod Republic 1 5 Tsardom of Russia 1 6 Russian Empire 1 7 Modern era 2 Administrative and municipal status 3 Sights 4 Transportation 4 1 Intercity transport 4 2 Local transportation 5 Honours 6 Twin towns sister cities 7 See also 8 References 8 1 Notes 8 2 Sources 9 External linksHistory EditSee also Novgorod Land Early developments Edit Novgorod Kremlin The Sofia First Chronicle makes initial mention of it in 859 while the Novgorod First Chronicle first mentions it in 862 when it was purportedly already a major Baltics to Byzantium station on the trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks 16 The Charter of Veliky Novgorod recognizes 859 as the year when the city was first mentioned 4 Novgorod is traditionally considered to be a cradle of Russian statehood 17 The oldest archaeological excavations in the middle to late 20th century however have found cultural layers dating back to the late 10th century the time of the Christianization of Rus and a century after it was allegedly founded 18 Archaeological dating is fairly easy and accurate to within 15 25 years as the streets were paved with wood and most of the houses made of wood allowing tree ring dating The Varangian name of the city Holmgard or Holmgard Holmgardr or Holmgardir is mentioned in Norse Sagas as existing at a yet earlier stage but the correlation of this reference with the actual city is uncertain 19 Originally Holmgard referred to the stronghold now only 2 km 1 2 miles to the south of the center of the present day city Rurikovo Gorodische named in comparatively modern times after the Varangian chieftain Rurik who supposedly made it his capital around 860 Archaeological data suggests that the Gorodishche the residence of the Knyaz prince dates from the mid 9th century 20 whereas the town itself dates only from the end of the 10th century hence the name Novgorod new city from Old East Slavic Nov and Gorod Nov and Gorod the Old Norse term Nygardr is a calque of an Old Russian word First mention of this Norse etymology to the name of the city of Novgorod and that of other cities within the territory of the then Kievan Rus occurs in the 10th century policy manual De Administrando Imperio by Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Princely state within Kievan Rus Edit Cathedral of St Sophia a symbol of the city and the main cathedral of the Novgorod Republic In 882 Rurik s successor Oleg of Novgorod conquered Kiev and founded the state of Kievan Rus Novgorod s size as well as its political economic and cultural influence made it the second most important city in Kievan Rus According to a custom the elder son and heir of the ruling Kievan monarch was sent to rule Novgorod even as a minor When the ruling monarch had no such son Novgorod was governed by posadniks such as the legendary Gostomysl Dobrynya Konstantin and Ostromir Of all their princes Novgorodians most cherished the memory of Yaroslav the Wise who sat as Prince of Novgorod from 1010 to 1019 while his father Vladimir the Great was a prince in Kiev Yaroslav promulgated the first written code of laws later incorporated into Russkaya Pravda among the Eastern Slavs and is said to have granted the city a number of freedoms or privileges which they often referred to in later centuries as precedents in their relations with other princes His son Vladimir sponsored construction of the great St Sophia Cathedral more accurately translated as the Cathedral of Holy Wisdom which stands to this day Early foreign ties Edit In Norse sagas the city is mentioned as the capital of Gardariki 21 Many Viking kings and yarls came to Novgorod seeking refuge or employment including Olaf I of Norway Olaf II of Norway Magnus I of Norway and Harald Hardrada 22 No more than a few decades after the 1030 death and subsequent canonization of Olaf II of Norway the city s community had erected in his memory Saint Olaf s Church in Novgorod The Gotland town of Visby functioned as the leading trading center in the Baltic before the Hansa League At Novgorod in 1080 Visby merchants established a trading post which they named Gutagard also known as Gotenhof 23 Later in the first half of the 13th century merchants from northern Germany also established their own trading station in Novgorod known as Peterhof 24 At about the same time in 1229 German merchants at Novgorod were granted certain privileges which made their position more secure 25 Novgorod Republic Edit Main article Novgorod Republic Monastery of the Tithes is one of eight ancient monasteries of the old Russian state Novgorodian Rus 12th century Novgorod icon called The Angel with Golden Hair In 1136 the Novgorodians dismissed their prince Vsevolod Mstislavich The year is seen as the traditional beginning of the Novgorod Republic The city was able to invite and dismiss a number of princes over the next two centuries but the princely office was never abolished and powerful princes such as Alexander Nevsky could assert their will in the city regardless of what Novgorodians said 26 The city state controlled most of Europe s northeast from lands east of today s Estonia to the Ural Mountains making it one of the largest states in medieval Europe although much of the territory north and east of Lakes Ladoga and Onega was sparsely populated and never organized politically One of the most important local figures in Novgorod was the posadnik or mayor an official elected by the public assembly called the Veche from among the city s boyars or aristocracy The tysyatsky or thousandman originally the head of the town militia but later a commercial and judicial official was also elected by the Veche Another important local official was the Archbishop of Novgorod who shared power with the boyars 27 Archbishops were elected by the Veche or by the drawing of lots and after their election were sent to the metropolitan for consecration 28 While a basic outline of the various officials and the Veche can be drawn up the city state s exact political constitution remains unknown The boyars and the archbishop ruled the city together although where one official s power ended and another s began is uncertain The prince although his power was reduced from around the middle of the 12th century was represented by his namestnik or lieutenant and still played important roles as a military commander legislator and jurist The exact composition of the Veche too is uncertain with some historians such as Vasily Klyuchevsky claiming it was democratic in nature while later scholars such as Marxists Valentin Ianin and Aleksandr Khoroshev see it as a sham democracy controlled by the ruling elite In the 13th century Novgorod while not a member of the Hanseatic League was the easternmost kontor or entrepot of the league being the source of enormous quantities of luxury sable ermine fox marmot and non luxury furs squirrel pelts 29 Throughout the Middle Ages the city thrived culturally A large number of birch bark letters have been unearthed in excavations perhaps suggesting widespread literacy It was in Novgorod that the Novgorod Codex the oldest Slavic book written north of Bulgaria and the oldest inscription in a Finnic language Birch bark letter no 292 were unearthed Some of the most ancient Russian chronicles Novgorod First Chronicle were written in the scriptorium of the archbishops who also promoted iconography and patronized church construction The Novgorod merchant Sadko became a popular hero of Russian folklore Novgorod was never conquered by the Mongols during the Mongol invasion of Rus The Mongol army turned back about 200 kilometers 120 mi from the city not because of the city s strength but probably because the Mongol commanders did not want to get bogged down in the marshlands surrounding the city However the grand princes of Moscow who acted as tax collectors for the khans of the Golden Horde did collect tribute in Novgorod most notably Yury Danilovich and his brother Ivan Kalita The 16th century Vision of Tarasius icon depicts Novgorod with the Sofia side to the left and the Commercial side to the right The inhabitants of the city are shown doing their day to day work while being guarded by the angels In 1259 Mongol tax collectors and census takers arrived in the city leading to political disturbances and forcing Alexander Nevsky to punish a number of town officials he cut off their noses for defying him as Grand Prince of Vladimir soon to be the khan s tax collector in Russia and his Mongol overlords In the 14th century raids by Novgorod pirates or ushkuiniki 30 sowed fear as far as Kazan and Astrakhan assisting Novgorod in wars with the Grand Duchy of Moscow During the era of Old Rus State Novgorod was a trade hub at the northern end of both the Volga trade route and the route from the Varangians to the Greeks along the Dnieper river system A vast array of goods were transported along these routes and exchanged with local Novgorod merchants and other traders The farmers of Gotland retained the Saint Olof trading house well into the 12th century Later German merchantmen also established tradinghouses in Novgorod Scandinavian royalty would intermarry with Russian princes and princesses After the great schism Novgorod struggled from the beginning of the 13th century against Swedish Danish and German crusaders During the Swedish Novgorodian Wars the Swedes invaded lands where some of the population had earlier paid tribute to Novgorod The Germans had been trying to conquer the Baltic region since the late 12th century Novgorod went to war 26 times with Sweden and 11 times with the Livonian Brothers of the Sword The German knights along with Danish and Swedish feudal lords launched a series of uncoordinated attacks in 1240 1242 Novgorodian sources mention that a Swedish army was defeated in the Battle of the Neva in 1240 The Baltic German campaigns ended in failure after the Battle on the Ice in 1242 After the foundation of the castle of Viborg in 1293 the Swedes gained a foothold in Karelia On August 12 1323 Sweden and Novgorod signed the Treaty of Noteborg regulating their border for the first time The city s downfall occurred partially as a result of its inability to feed its large population citation needed making it dependent on the Vladimir Suzdal region for grain The main cities in the area Moscow and Tver used this dependence to gain control over Novgorod Eventually Ivan III forcibly annexed the city to the Grand Duchy of Moscow in 1478 The Veche was dissolved and a significant part of Novgorod s aristocracy merchants and smaller landholding families was deported to central Russia The Hanseatic League kontor was closed in 1494 and the goods stored there were seized by Muscovite forces 31 32 Tsardom of Russia Edit City plan of Novgorod in 1862 Kremlin square on postcard of the early XX century At the time of annexation Novgorod became the third largest city under Muscovy and then the Tsardom of Russia with 5 300 homesteads and 25 30 thousand inhabitants in the 1550s 33 and remained so until the famine of the 1560s and the Massacre of Novgorod in 1570 In the Massacre Ivan the Terrible sacked the city slaughtered thousands of its inhabitants and deported the city s merchant elite and nobility to Moscow Yaroslavl and elsewhere The last decade of the 16th century was a comparatively favourable period for the city as Boris Godunov restored trade privileges and raised the status of Novgorod bishop The German trading post was reestablished in 1603 34 Even after the incorporation into the Russian state Novgorod land retained its distinct identity and institutions including the customs policy and administrative division Certain elective offices were quickly restored after having been abolished by Ivan III 35 During the Time of Troubles Novgorodians submitted to Swedish troops led by Jacob De la Gardie in the summer of 1611 The city was restituted to Muscovy six years later by the Treaty of Stolbovo The conflict led to further depopulation the number of homesteads in the city decreased from 1158 in 1607 to only 493 in 1617 with the Sofia side described as deserted 36 37 Novgorod only regained a measure of its former prosperity towards the end of the century when such ambitious buildings as the Cathedral of the Sign and the Vyazhischi Monastery were constructed The most famous of Muscovite patriarchs Nikon was active in Novgorod between 1648 and 1652 The Novgorod Land became one of the Old Believers strongholds after the Schism 34 The city remained an important trade centre even though it was now eclipsed by Archangelsk Novgorodian merchants were trading in the Baltic cities and Stockholm while Swedish merchants came to Novgorod where they had their own trading post since 1627 38 Novgorod continued to be a major centre of crafts which employed the majority of its population There were more than 200 distinct professions in 16th century Bells cannons and other arms were produced in Novgorod its silversmiths were famous for the skan technique used for religious items and jewellery Novgorod chests were in widespread use all across Russia including the Tsar s household and the northern monasteries 39 Russian Empire Edit In 1727 Novgorod was made the administrative center of Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire which was detached from Saint Petersburg Governorate see Administrative divisions of Russia in 1727 1728 This administrative division existed until 1927 Between 1927 and 1944 the city was a part of Leningrad Oblast and then became the administrative center of the newly formed Novgorod Oblast Modern era Edit On August 15 1941 during World War II the city was occupied by the German Army Its historic monuments were systematically obliterated The Red Army liberated the city on January 19 1944 Out of 2 536 stone buildings fewer than forty remained standing After the war thanks to plans laid down by Alexey Shchusev the central part was gradually restored In 1992 the chief monuments of the city and the surrounding area were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list as the Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings In 1999 the city was officially renamed Veliky Novgorod literally Great Novgorod 40 thus partly reverting to its medieval title Lord Novgorod the Great This reduced the temptation to confuse Veliky Novgorod with Nizhny Novgorod a larger city the other side of Moscow which between 1932 and 1990 had been renamed Gorky in honour of Maxim Gorky Administrative and municipal status EditVeliky Novgorod is the administrative center of the oblast and within the framework of administrative divisions it also serves as the administrative center of Novgorodsky District even though it is not a part of it 2 As an administrative division it is incorporated separately as the city of oblast significance of Veliky Novgorod an administrative unit with status equal to that of the districts 2 As a municipal division the city of oblast significance of Veliky Novgorod is incorporated as Veliky Novgorod Urban Okrug 9 Sights Edit The Millennium of Russia monument 1862 with Saint Sophia Cathedral in the background The upper row of figures is cast in the round and the lower one is in relief The city is known for the variety and age of its medieval monuments The foremost among these is the St Sophia Cathedral built between 1045 and 1050 under the patronage of Vladimir Yaroslavich the son of Yaroslav the Wise Vladimir and his mother Anna Porphyrogenita are buried in the cathedral 41 It is one of the best preserved churches from the 11th century It is also probably the oldest structure still in use in Russia and the first one to represent original features of Russian architecture austere stone walls five helmet like domes Its frescoes were painted in the 12th century originally on the orders of Bishop Nikita died 1108 the porches or side chapels were painted in 1144 under Archbishop Nifont and renovated several times over the centuries most recently in the nineteenth century 42 The cathedral features famous bronze gates which now hang in the west entrance allegedly made in Magdeburg in 1156 other sources see them originating from Plock in Poland and reportedly snatched by Novgorodians from the Swedish town of Sigtuna in 1187 More recent scholarship has determined that the gates were most likely purchased in the mid 15th century apparently at the behest of Archbishop Euthymius II 1429 1458 a lover of Western art and architectural styles 43 The Novgorod Kremlin traditionally known as the Detinets also contains the oldest palace in Russia the so called Chamber of the Facets 1433 which served as the main meeting hall of the archbishops the oldest Russian bell tower mid 15th century and the oldest Russian clock tower 1673 The Palace of Facets the bell tower and the clock tower were originally built on the orders of Archbishop Euphimius II although the clock tower collapsed in the 17th century and had to be rebuilt and much of the palace of Euphimius II is no longer standing Among later structures the most remarkable are a royal palace 1771 and a bronze monument to the Millennium of Russia representing the most important figures from the country s history unveiled in 1862 St Nicholas Cathedral built by Mstislav I near his palace at Yaroslav s Court Novgorod contains 12th century frescoes depicting his illustrious family Outside the Kremlin walls there are three large churches constructed during the reign of Mstislav the Great St Nicholas Cathedral 1113 1123 containing frescoes of Mstislav s family graces Yaroslav s Court formerly the chief square of Novgorod The Yuriev Monastery one of the oldest in Russia 1030 contains a tall three domed cathedral from 1119 built by Mstislav s son Vsevolod and Kyurik the head of the monastery A similar three domed cathedral 1117 probably designed by the same masters stands in the Antoniev Monastery built on the orders of Antony the founder of that monastery There are now some fifty medieval and early modern churches scattered throughout the city and its surrounding areas 44 Some of them were blown up by the Nazis and subsequently restored The most ancient pattern is represented by those dedicated to Saints Pyotr and Pavel on the Swallow s Hill 1185 1192 to Annunciation in Myachino 1179 to Assumption on Volotovo Field 1180s and to St Paraskeva Piatnitsa at Yaroslav s Court 1207 The greatest masterpiece of early Novgorod architecture is the Savior church at Nereditsa 1198 In the 13th century tiny churches of the three paddled design were in vogue These are represented by a small chapel at the Peryn Monastery 1230s and St Nicholas on the Lipnya Islet 1292 also notable for its 14th century frescoes The next century saw the development of two original church designs one of them culminating in St Theodor s church 1360 1361 fine frescoes from 1380s and another one leading to the Savior church on Ilyina street 1374 painted in 1378 by Feofan Grek The Savior church in Kovalevo 1345 was originally frescoed by Serbian masters but the church was destroyed during the war While the church has since been rebuilt the frescoes have not been restored During the last century of the republican government some new churches were consecrated to Saints Peter and Paul on Slavna 1367 in Kozhevniki 1406 to Christ s Nativity at the Cemetery 1387 to St John the Apostle s 1384 to the Twelve Apostles 1455 to St Demetrius 1467 to St Simeon 1462 and other saints Generally they are not thought by whom to be as innovative as the churches from the previous period Several shrines from the 12th century i e in Opoki were demolished brick by brick and then reconstructed exactly as they used to be several of them in the mid fifteenth century again under Archbishop Yevfimy II Euthymius II perhaps one of the greatest patrons of architecture in medieval Novgorod Novgorod s conquest by Ivan III in 1478 decisively changed the character of local architecture Large commissions were thenceforth executed by Muscovite masters and patterned after cathedrals of Moscow Kremlin e g the Savior Cathedral of Khutyn Monastery 1515 the Cathedral of the Mother of God of the Sign 1688 the St Nicholas Cathedral of Vyaschizhy Monastery 1685 Nevertheless the styles of some parochial churches were still in keeping with local traditions e g the churches of Myrrh bearing Women 1510 and of Saints Boris and Gleb 1586 In Vitoslavlitsy along the Volkhov River and the Myachino Lake close to the Yuriev Monastery a museum of wooden architecture was established in 1964 Over twenty wooden buildings churches houses and mills dating from the 14th to the 19th century were transported there from all around the Novgorod region 11400 graves of the German 1st Luftwaffe Field Division are found at the war cemetery in Novgorod Also 1900 soldiers of the Spanish Blue Division are buried there 45 Bronze monument to the Millennium of Russia 1862 Walls of the Novgorod Kremlin War Memorial View of the Yaroslav s Court Government BuildingTransportation EditIntercity transport Edit Novgorod main railway station built in 1953 Novgorod has connections to Moscow 531 km and St Petersburg 189 km by the federal highway M10 There are public buses to Saint Petersburg and other destinations The city has direct railway passenger connections with Moscow Leningradsky Rail Terminal by night trains St Petersburg Moscow Rail Terminal and Vitebsk Rail Terminal by suburban trains Minsk Belarus Minsk Passazhirsky railway station by night trains and Murmansk The city s former commercial airport Yurievo was decommissioned in 2006 and the area has now been redeveloped into a residential neighbourhood The still existing Krechevitsy Airport does not serve any regular flights since mid 1990s although there is a plan to turn Krechevitsy into a new operational airport by 2025 46 The nearest international airport is St Petersburg s Pulkovo some 180 kilometres 112 miles north of the city Local transportation Edit Veliky Novgorod trolleybus map 2021 Local transportation consists of a network of buses and trolleybuses The trolleybus network which currently consists of five routes started operating in 1995 and is the first trolley system opened in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union trolleybus Skoda VMZ 14Tr Trolleybuses ZiU 9 Bus LiAZ 5256Honours EditA minor planet 3799 Novgorod discovered by the Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1979 is named after the city 47 Twin towns sister cities EditSee also List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information March 2022 Veliky Novgorod is twinned with 48 49 Bielefeld Germany Kohtla Jarve Estonia Moss Norway Nanterre France Orebro Sweden Rochester New York USA Uusikaupunki Finland Watford UK Zibo ChinaSee also EditOld Novgorod dialect Novgorod uprising of 1650References EditNotes Edit Resolution 121 a b c d e f Law 559 OZ According to Article 9 of the Charter of Veliky Novgorod the symbols of Veliky Novgorod include a flag and a coat of arms but not an anthem a b Charter of Veliky Novgorod Article 1 a b Charter of Veliky Novgorod Article 6 a b Official website of Veliky Novgorod Geographic Location in Russian Russian Federal State Statistics Service 2011 Vserossijskaya perepis naseleniya 2010 goda Tom 1 2010 All Russian Population Census vol 1 Vserossijskaya perepis naseleniya 2010 goda 2010 All Russia Population Census in Russian Federal State Statistics Service 26 Chislennost postoyannogo naseleniya Rossijskoj Federacii po municipalnym obrazovaniyam na 1 yanvarya 2018 goda Federal State 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Marina 2020 Medieval Churches in Novgorod Aspects of archaeological investigations and museum presentation Internet Archaeology 54 doi 10 11141 ia 54 10 de Kriegsgraberstatte Nowgorod Aeroport Krechevicy nachnyot rabotat v 2025 godu September 4 2019 Schmadel Lutz D 2003 Dictionary of Minor Planet Names 5th ed New York Springer Verlag p 321 ISBN 3 540 00238 3 Mezhdunarodnye kulturnye svyazi adm nov ru in Russian Veliky Novgorod Retrieved February 5 2020 Ystavyyskaupungit seinajoki fi in Finnish Seinajoki Retrieved February 5 2020 Sources Edit Duma Velikogo Novgoroda Reshenie 116 ot 28 aprelya 2005 g Ustav municipalnogo obrazovaniya gorodskogo okruga Velikij Novgorod v red Resheniya 515 ot 11 iyunya 2015 g O vnesenii izmenenij v Ustav municipalnogo obrazovaniya gorodskogo okruga Velikij Novgorod Vstupil v silu so dnya oficialnogo opublikovaniya no ne ranee 1 yanvarya 2006 goda za isklyucheniem statej dlya kotoryh podpunktom 5 1 ustanovleny inye sroki vstupleniya v silu Duma of Veliky Novgorod Decision 116 of April 28 2005 Charter of the Municipal Formation Veliky Novgorod Urban Okrug as amended by the Decision 515 of June 11 2015 On Amending the Charter of the Municipal Formation Veliky Novgorod Urban Okrug Effective as of the day of official publication but not earlier than January 1 2006 with the exception of the clauses for which subitem 5 1 establishes other dates of taking effect Administraciya Novgorodskoj oblasti Postanovlenie 121 ot 8 aprelya 2008 g Ob reestre administrativno territorialnogo ustrojstva oblasti v red Postanovleniya 408 ot 4 avgusta 2014 g O vnesenii izmenenij v reestr administrativno territorialnogo ustrojstva oblasti Opublikovan Novgorodskie vedomosti 49 50 16 aprelya 2008 g Administration of Novgorod Oblast Resolution 121 of April 8 2008 On the Registry of the Administrative Territorial Structure of Novgorod Oblast as amended by the Resolution 408 of August 4 2014 On Amending the Registry of the Administrative Territorial Structure of Novgorod Oblast Novgorodskaya oblastnaya Duma Oblastnoj zakon 284 OZ ot 7 iyunya 2004 g O nadelenii selskih rajonov i goroda Velikij Novgorod statusom municipalnyh rajonov i gorodskogo okruga Novgorodskoj oblasti i utverzhdenii granic ih territorij v red Oblastnogo zakona 802 OZ ot 31 avgusta 2015 g O vnesenii izmenenij v nekotorye oblastnye Zakony ustanavlivayushie granicy municipalnyh obrazovanij Vstupil v silu so dnya sleduyushego za dnyom oficialnogo opublikovaniya Opublikovan Novgorodskie vedomosti 86 22 iyunya 2004 g Novgorod Oblast Duma Oblast Law 284 OZ of June 7 2004 On Granting the Status of Municipal Districts and Urban Okrug of Novgorod Oblast to the Rural Districts and the City of Veliky Novgorod and on Establishing the Borders of Their Territories as amended by the Oblast Law 802 OZ of August 31 2015 On Amending Various Oblast Laws Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations Effective as of the day following the day of the official publication Gosudarstvennaya 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