In June, 2006, the most ancient Russian city, Novgorod will celebrate its 1147th anniversary.

It has played the important role in unification of East Slavs, creation of the Russian state - Rus.

Many experts of Russian art justly believe Novgorod to be Russian Florence. . Novgorod has avoided Tatar-Mongolian invasion, that is why no other old Russian cities have managed to preserve so many ancient architectural monuments (XI-XVII centuries) adorned with wall murals. You will see that with your own eyes visiting the churches of Our Saviour on Nereditsa Hill and Annunciation of Our Lady on Miachino Lake (12th century), appreciating at its true worth the 14th century frescoes of world-famous Theophanes the Greek in the church of the Transfiguration of Our Saviour on Iliah Street, singularly graceful murals in the churches of the Nativity of Our Lady on Krasnoye Field, St. Theodore Stratilates on the Brook, admiring the beautiful clergical wall calendar of the 15th - 17th centuries in the Church of St. Simeon The Godreceiver, studying wonderful mural compositions of the late 17th - early 18th centuries in The Virgin of The Sign Cathedral. Novgorod has avoided Tatar-Mongolian invasion and has saved its architectural monuments of ХI-XVII centuries.

You will, no doubt, be happy with a visit to the Kremlin of Novgorod - the oldest in Russia, this fortress was mentioned in chronicles as early as in 1044.
Its modern walls and towers were built in the end of ХV century

On the territory of Kremlin the earliest temple of Russia is located - the St. Sofia Cathedral (1045-1055) and in the central square you will find the monument "The Millenium of Russia".

It was designed by Mikhail Mikeshin and erected in 1862. It is a unique document in bronze immortalizing alongside with outstanding politicians of Russia all those who greatly contributed to the development of the country: its culture, science, art, literacy, literature.

A visit to Novgorod usually leaves guests with unforgettable impressions of the inimitable and majestic Novgorod landscape which can be appreciated by making a boat tour of the Volkhov river
You are always welcome to the expositions and exhibitions of one of the most ancient and richest museums of Russia - Novgorod State United Museum, that offers to visitors a unique collection of historic, cultural and art relics.

World famous Novgorod Museum collection of Novgorod school of icon painting covering the 12th - 15th centuries can be thoroughly studied not in Moscow or St. Petersburg, but only in Novgorod - in the suite of rooms on the second floor of the above-mentioned building in the Kremlin.

During the tour you will be able to enjoy the open-air architectural-ethnographic museum "Vitoslavlitsy". It provides a whole complex of genuine folk wooden architecture, including ancient churches of the 16th - 18th centuries and peasant houses of the 19th - early 20th centuries, exhibitions of folk art and everyday life items of Novgorod peasants of the same period.
So Veliky Novgorod can be described by several words: ancient, beautiful, clean and safe. Moreover, its proximity to two capitals - St. Petersburg and Moscow - makes it very convenient for traveling.

You are always welcome to feel the atmosphere of ancient Russia in Veliky Novgorod.