Veliky Novgorod

Here you will see how the city's trading center acquired fresh water and a new vertical landmark.

Here, the story of the returned icon will link the occupation with the postwar resumption of services.

The final stop will explain why the church on the Torg served at once as a storehouse for standards of measure and a merchants’ court.

Here, the ecclesiastical residence will become the place where the fate of city government was decided.

Here, a rented summer house completes its journey as a family home, a workplace, and the first exhibition.

The dismantled monument shows how state memory was literally assembled piece by piece.

Here, the real city plan becomes the key to the geography of the fictional Skotoprigonyevsk.

Here we will explore why this striking spring proved to be a controversial therapeutic resource.

Here begins the story of how a vanished structure left the city with the name of a military victory.

Here the route will show how the community preserved the memory of three lost churches at once.

The cathedral will reveal the boundary between the prince's authority over his own court and the bishop's authority over the clergy.

The cathedral shows how years of loyalty to the tsar did not protect a church ruler.

Here you will see how a restorer left details from several centuries within one ensemble.

The bridge will show how a public punishment might not put an end to a political career.

The Court helps show where the prince's retinue clashed with the city's right to choose its posadnik.

Here it will become clear why the defense of the narrow crossing collapsed without a shot being fired.