The state was called Novgorod and Great Novgorod (Russian: Великий Новгород, romanized: Velikiy Novgorod) with the form Sovereign Lord Novgorod the Great (Russian: … See more

The city-state of Novgorod had developed procedures of governance that held a large measure of democratic participation far in advance of the rest of Europe, but that share several … See more

The economy of the Novgorod Republic included farming and animal husbandry (e.g., the archbishops of Novgorod and others raised horses for the Novgorodian army), while See more

Like other Russian states, the military of Novgorod consisted of a levy and the prince's retinue (druzhina). While potentially all free Novgorodians could be mobilised, in reality the number of recruits depended on the level of danger faced by Novgorod. The … See more

Origins
The area of Novgorod was populated by various East Slavic tribes that were constantly at war with one another for supremacy. … See more

The Novgorod Republic was the largest of the Russian states in terms of area until it was surpassed by Moscow following its annexation of other … See more

More than half of all privately owned lands in Novgorod had been concentrated in the hands of some 30–40 noble boyar families by the 14th and 15th centuries. These vast estates served … See more