Veliky Novgorod: All Data
Veliky Novgorod is a city in Russia (with Crimea). This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Veliky Novgorod: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1055 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Principality of Principality of Novgorod, part of Kievan Rus'
1133 AD
Capital of Novgorod Republic
1243 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'
1243 AD
Capital of Novgorod Republic (Mongol Empire)
1261 AD
Capital of Novgorod Republic (Golden Horde)
1261 AD
Capital of Novgorod Republic (Golden Horde)
1578 AD
Mentioned in Event: Polish and Swedish counterattack (Livonian War)
1611 AD
Mentioned in: Capture of Novgorod, part of Ingrian War
1612 AD
Mentioned in Event: Swedish invasion of Russia
1914 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Novgorod, part of Russian Empire
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Bolsheviks take control of most of European Russia
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Civil War
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Bolsheviks take control of most of European Russia
1922 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Operation Barbarossa
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive
1991 AD
Mentioned in Event: Dissolution of the Soviet Union
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the oblast of Novgorodskaya Oblast’, part of Russian Federation