Izborsk
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Izborsk is a rural locality in Pechorsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia. It contains one of the most ancient and impressive fortresses of Western Russia. The village lies 30 kilometers to the west o
Izborsk Fortress
Inside the fortress of Izborsk
Evening at Izborsk fortress, 2004
Novgorod Republic
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The Novgorod Republic, formally known as Lord Novgorod the Great, was a city-state that existed from the 12th to 15th centuries in northwestern Russia, stretching from the Gulf of Finland in the west
Izborsk
…early Krivichs. A stone fortress was built in the second half of the 11th century and Izborsk became the main settlement in the western frontier of the Novgorod Republic. In 1233, the fortress was captured by the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, along with their ally Yaroslav of Pskov, who attempted to regain control of…
Battle of the Novgorodians with the Suzdalians in 1170, fragment of a 1460 icon
Martha the Mayoress at the Destruction of the Novgorod Veche, painting by Klavdiy Lebedev, 1889
The removal of the veche bell from Novgorod, miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible, 16th century
A fragment of the icon Praying Novgorodians depicting the Kuzmin boyars, 1467