“Novgorod the Great”

• Main Author: Lukin, Pavel V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Slověne = Словѣне. International Journal of Slavic Studies 2018
• Subjects: History; Novgorod the Great; Russian chronicles; Hanseatic documents; political identity; история; Великий Новгород; летописи; ганзейские документы; политическая идентичность; Rus’; Novgorod Republic; Крайн*
• Online Access: http://slovene.ru/ojs/index.php/slovene/article/view/412

The aim of the paper is to examine the concept that was crucial for the Novgorod’s political identity in the time of independence — ‘Novgorod the Great’ (Veliky Novgorod). The author takes into account not only mentions of this phrase in Novgorodian medieval documents and narratives, but also consid...