Novgorod is situated on the river Volkhov, 6 km from lake Ilmen, 531 km from Moscow, 189 km from St.-Petersburg.
31 deg. 17' 04" of east longitude
58 deg. 31' 36" of northern lassitude
Hight above sea level :
minimum (river Volkhov) - 18 m
maximum (JSC "Acron") - 40,6 m
TV centre (height of the tower is 182 m) - 22,7 m
Total - 7738 ga
Agricultural fields - 1273 ga
Forests - 725 ga
Roads - 329 ga
Water - 557 ga
Parks - 347 ga
Sports construction - 2,3 ga
Garden lots - 41 ga
Crematories - 43 ga
859 - first mention of Novgorod in ancient chronicles.
989 - conversion of Novgorod to Christianity.
1044 - Novgorod's fortress was built. The first description of Novgorod in the ancient chronicles.
1045-1050 - construction of St.Sophia Cathedral.
beginning of the XI c. - first school in Russia was founded in Novgorod.
XII-XIcs. - years of the Republic of Novgorod. The Novgorod Veche.
1439 - construction of St.Sophia Bell tower.
1464 - construction of the church "Sergii Radonezhskii".
1478 - uniting of Novgorod to Moscow.
1759 - construction of the church "Entrance into Jerusalem".
1862 - unveiling of the monument "Millenniun of Russia".
the 20th Jan. of 1944 - liberation of the city from Nazi occupiers.
1951 - first birch bark manuscript, dated XIV century, was founded.
Novgorod lies in the moderate continental climatic zone and has 4 distinct seasons, with January the coldest month and July the wormiest. the driest month is March and the wettest is June. Average rainfall is 80mm and the average snowfall is 30.7mm. Average temperature is 3 degree above zero : in summer (July) - 18 degree above zero, in winter (January) - 8 degree below zero. The summers are generally warm, but periods of extremely hot weather are rare. The spring and fall are moderate, the winters brisk without extended periods of bitter cold. Because of the varying temperatures visitors must plan wardrobes to match the season.
Today Novgorod is an administrative centre with the population of 235100 people(100%), including :
males - 111188 persons - 47%
females - 123912 persons - 53%
Russian - 219596 persons - 93,4%
Other nationalities - 15504 persons - 6,6%.
birth to 19 - 31%
from 20 to 44 - 42%
from 45 to 64 - 21%
65 and older - 6%
Total manpower - 121000 persons
It's an advanced industrial city. Novgorod's products have good reputation. Total number of enterprises - 3554 (industrial - 198; construction - 274; public servicies, trade - 500; private enterprises, limited liability - 2100). The industry is dominated by fine- engineering, chemicals, electronics, forestry, machine tool and metallurgy.
A number of various educational establishments is growing rapidly. A State University was opened in 1993.
Educational establishments of all types - 88 pcs.
Comprehensive public schools - 34
including :
Secondary schools - 28
Gymnasiums - 2
Lecee - 1
Trade schools - 9
Technical schools - 11
Institutions of higher education - 3
Quantity of habitable apartments - 68100
including:
one-room - 15077
two-room - 28983
three-room - 19410
Quantity of communal apartments - 1729
Quantity of families
1 person - 80911
2 person - 17324
3 person - 20700
4 person - 17020
5 person and more - 5520
Quantity of hospitals - 15
Beds - 4365
Quantity of drug-stores - 19
Total quantity of doctors - 1576
Quantity of physicians assistants - 3457
Quantity of dispensaries - 4
Quantity of homes for elderly and for handicapped - 2 (550 places)
Boarding school - 1 (220 places)
Orphanage - 1 (72 places)
Pre-school establishments - 99 (15164 places)
Clubs - 18
Houses of culture - 4
Movie theatres - 3
Drama theatres - 1
Concert hall - 1
Museums - 26
Monuments of history and culture - 249
Parks - 4
Libraries - 25
Sports stadiums - 2
Sports fields - 103
Gymnasiums - 65
Sports palaces - 1
Swimming pools - 5
Quantity of hotels - 7
Total number of beds - 1806
including:
hotels - 1421
tourist-recreation centre "Novgorodian" - 194
kemping for automobile tourists - 191
1965 - Uusikaupunki (Finland)
1970 - Moss (Norway)
1974 - Nanterre (France)
1984 - Watford (England)
1987 - Bielefeld (Germany)
1990 - Rochester (USA)
Many banks in the area will exchange foreign currencies during normal operating hours, including the following: "Novobank" - central office - Novgorod, Slavnaya St.,50; tel. 3-61-67.
The legal age for drinking alcoholic beverages is 21. Package liquor and beer can be bought during normal business hours at package liquor stores and at most food shops.