MOSCOW, June 10. /TASS/. A storm hitting Veliky Novgorod, an ancient city in northwestern Russia, on Tuesday damaged the clock of the 17th century clock tower that is part of the Novgorod Kremlin ...
According to legend, Varangian prince Rurik was called upon by the Russians to rule Veliky Novgorod, which started the Rurikid dynasty. Novgorod was one of the few territories in medieval Russia ...