Attractions of Novgorod region - Туроператор Виктория

Staraya Russa has been known since the XI century. During Medieval age it was the fourth Russian city in its importance, after Moscow, Pskov, and Novgorod. During the war, the city was destroyed by fascists and ancient monuments were not saved. However, Staraya Russa attracts tourists as balneotherapeutic resort with mineral springs and sludge dirt. The house museum of F.Dostoyevsky remained there.

Valday

Very big exposition is collected in Museum of bells in Valdai. You will learn everything about bells: molding, their variety and history. The most known melodies will be performed by the local bell ringers.

Veliky Novgorod

Novgorod, also known as Veliky Novgorod ("Novgorod the Great"), is one of the oldest Russian cities. The chronicles mention Novgorod for the first time in the year 859. During the Middle Ages Novgorod was an important commercial center and an independent city-state with a democratic rule advanced for Its time, Today Novgorod is a unique open-air museum Its Kremlin, built in the 11th century, is Russia's oldest surviving structure of its kind. Novgorod's 11th century Cathedral of St. Sofia is the of the earliest stone churches in Russia. A monument commemorating the 1000-year annivesary of the Russian State was built within Novgorod Kremlin in the mid-19th century.

Vitoslavlitsy

The complex churchyard is represented by three churches and makes the architectural dominant of the museum Vitoslavlitsy. It is planned to fence the churchyard with a wooden fence decorated with corner turrets. This architectural project is made by restoration architect, on the basis of studies of monastery and graveyard fences of the Russian North.

Yuryev Monastery

The Yuryev Monastery dedicated to the great martyr St. George (one of the most honorable Christian saints) belongs to the number of the most ancient monasteries not only of the Orthodox Diocese of Novgorod, but of the whole Russia. Historical chronicles testify to its great age, It was founded in 1030 by the great prince Yaroslav the Wise, named George («Yury» in old Russian) after his baptism. The first half of the XII century was the time of the particular prosperity of this monastery when the great prince Mstislav granted special privileges to it. The Yuryev Monastery was considered as the first by importance among Novgorod monasteries.