Rurikovo Gorodische

Rurikovo Gorodische, the primary settlement in the area known in Scandinavian sources as Holmgård, was the 9th century predecessor of . The archaeological site is 2 km to the south of the current city center, across from Yuriev Monastery where the Volkhov River flows out of Lake Ilmen.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: archeological site near Novgorod
  • Also known as: “Рюриково Городище”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Annunciation Church, Gorodishche and Nereditsa Church.

Church
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Church
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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.

Church
Photo: Дар Ветер, Public domain.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vitoslavlitsy and Peryn Skete.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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, of the Nativity of the Theotokos is a skete near Novgorod, . It was built on the site of a former alleged place of worship of Slavic god Perun. is situated 3 km southwest of Rurikovo Gorodische.

Neighborhood
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Yaroslav's Court was the princely compound in the city of Novgorod the Great. Today it is roughly the area around the Trade Mart, the , the Church of St. is situated 3 km north of Rurikovo Gorodische.

Rurikovo Gorodische

Latitude
58.49446° or 58° 29′ 40″ north
Longitude
31.29835° or 31° 17′ 54″ east
Open location code
9GCHF7VX+Q8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 282170483
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q788556
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Rurikovo Gorodische” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مستوطنة روريكوفو”
  • Bashkir: “Рюрик ҡаласығы”
  • Dutch: “Rjoerikovo gorodisjtsje”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مستوطنة روريكوفو”
  • Finnish: “Rurikinlinna”
  • French: “Riourikovo Gorodichtche”
  • German: “Rjurikowo Gorodischtsche”
  • Italian: “Rjurikovo Gorodišče”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Holmgard”
  • Russian: “Рюриково городище”
  • Serbian: “Рјуриково городишче”
  • Serbian: “Холмгард”
  • Slovenian: “Rurikovo Gorodišče”
  • Swedish: “Rjurikovo Gorodisjtje”
  • Tatar: “Рюрик шәһәрчеге”
  • Ukrainian: “Рюрикове Городище”

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