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1. (n.) Novgorod
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, SE of St. Petersburg. 228,000.
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1. (noun) Novgorod
a city in northwestern Russia on the Volkhov River; Russia's oldest city and an important trading center in the Middle Ages
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1. Novgorod
a noted Russian city, and capital of a government of the same name, is situated on the Volkhof, 110 m. SE. of St. Petersburg; is divided into two parts by the bridged river, contains the cathedral of St. Sophia (11th century); with its foundation in 864 by Rurik, a Scandinavian prince, Russian history begins; was by the 12th century a free State, but in 1471 was put down by the Muscovite Czar Ivan III.; the government of Novgorod (1,290) lies E. of St. Petersburg, embraces the Valdai plateau and hills, is chiefly forest land, and includes some 3000 lakes.
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