Veliki Novgorod

Country | Russia

Region | Novgorod Oblast

Settled | 862

Population | 625,855
Area (sq mi) | 55,300 km2

Current mayor | Sergey Gerasimovich Mitin

Veliky Novgorod or Novgorod-Veliky (Russian: Великий Новгород), old name Navgard/Naugard or in Old Norse Holmgård, is a historic town in Russia on the banks of the Volkhov River just below its outflow from Lake Ilmen. It's the capital of the Novgorod Oblast.[1]

It was one of the cities which the Rurik dynasty were established, the dynasty which later rules the Kievian Rus'.

## References[edit]

1. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/place/Veliky-Novgorod