Sunday, June 29, 2025

Collection of facts about the Novgorod Republic

This post is a collection of facts about the Novgorod Republic (1136-1478). There are 12 facts listed below.

  • Succeeded the Kievan Rus'
  • Based in northern Russia
  • Prince Vsevolod Mstislavich overthrown (1136)
  • Novgorod veche established (1136)
  • Finnish-Novgorodian wars (11th - 13th centuries)
  • Swedish-Novgorodian wars (12th - 13th centuries)
  • Battle on the Ice (1242)
  • Pskov gains independence from Novgorod (1348)
  • Treaty of Yazhelbitsy (1456)
  • Battle of Sheldon (1471)
  • Invaded by Moscow and Ivan III (1478)
  • Succeeded by the Grand Principality of Moscow

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