Skovorodka

Skovorodka is a locality in Novgorod Oblast, Northwestern Russia. Skovorodka is situated nearby to the locality Sel’tso-Shatërno, as well as near Spas-Nereditsy.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nereditsa Church and Annunciation Church, Gorodishche.

Nereditsa Church

Church

Photo: Larissa Datsha, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Saviour Church on Nereditsa Hill near Novgorod is a 12th-century Orthodox church dedicated to the feast of the Saviour's Transfiguration. The church, consecrated in 1198, became world-famous both for its remarkable state of exterior preservation and for the best preserved set of pre-Mongol wall paintings in the Russian Empire.

Annunciation Church, Gorodishche

Church

Photo: OlgaDenisova, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St. George Cathedral

Church

Photo: Дар Ветер, Public domain.

St. George Cathedral is a church, which is situated 3 km west of Skovorodka.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ryurikovo Gorodishche and Vitoslavlitsy.

Ryurikovo Gorodishche

Suburb

Photo: Vash Alex kun, Public domain.

Ryurikovo Gorodishche, also known simply as Gorodishche, was the primary settlement in the area known in Scandinavian sources as Holmgård. Founded in the 9th century, it was the predecessor of the modern site of Veliky Novgorod.