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Highlights include Cathedral Square and the Water Tower, Church of St Georgy the Victorious, Church of St John the Baptist at Opoki, Faceted Chamber, Fyodor Dostoevsky House Museum, Monument to the Millennium of Russia.

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  1. Cathedral Square and the Water Tower: story on the “Staraya Russa: City, Resort, and Dostoevsky” route

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

  2. Church of St Georgy the Victorious: story on the “Staraya Russa: City, Resort, and Dostoevsky” route

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

  3. Church of St John the Baptist at Opoki: story on the “Novgorod Kremlin and Torg: Who Held the Power in Novgorod” route

    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.

  4. Faceted Chamber: story on the “Novgorod Kremlin and Torg: Who Held the Power in Novgorod” route

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

  5. Fyodor Dostoevsky House Museum: story on the “Staraya Russa: City, Resort, and Dostoevsky” route

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

  6. Monument to the Millennium of Russia: story on the “Novgorod Kremlin and Torg: Who Held the Power in Novgorod” route

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

  7. Museum of the Novel “The Brothers Karamazov”: story on the “Staraya Russa: City, Resort, and Dostoevsky” route

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

  8. Resort Park and Muravyov Fountain: story on the “Staraya Russa: City, Resort, and Dostoevsky” route

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

  9. Resurrection Arch: story on the “Novgorod Kremlin and Torg: Who Held the Power in Novgorod” route

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

  10. Resurrection Cathedral and the Confluence of the Rivers: story on the “Staraya Russa: City, Resort, and Dostoevsky” route

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

  11. St Nicholas Cathedral: story on the “Novgorod Kremlin and Torg: Who Held the Power in Novgorod” route

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

  12. St Sophia Cathedral: story on the “Novgorod Kremlin and Torg: Who Held the Power in Novgorod” route

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

  13. Staraya Russa Local History Museum: story on the “Staraya Russa: City, Resort, and Dostoevsky” route

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

  14. Volkhov Pedestrian Bridge: story on the “Novgorod Kremlin and Torg: Who Held the Power in Novgorod” route

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

  15. Yaroslav's Court and the Torg: story on the “Novgorod Kremlin and Torg: Who Held the Power in Novgorod” route

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

  16. Zhivoi Bridge: story on the “Staraya Russa: City, Resort, and Dostoevsky” route

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

  29. Nearest audio-route stop: St Nicholas Cathedral — 70 m in a straight line, route Novgorod Kremlin and Torg: Who Held the Power in Novgorod

  46. Nearest audio-route stop: St Nicholas Cathedral — 50 m in a straight line, route Novgorod Kremlin and Torg: Who Held the Power in Novgorod

  48. Nearest audio-route stop: Church of St John the Baptist at Opoki — 50 m in a straight line, route Novgorod Kremlin and Torg: Who Held the Power in Novgorod

  56. Nearest audio-route stop: Resurrection Arch — 30 m in a straight line, route Novgorod Kremlin and Torg: Who Held the Power in Novgorod

  62. Nearest audio-route stop: Monument to the Millennium of Russia — 50 m in a straight line, route Novgorod Kremlin and Torg: Who Held the Power in Novgorod

  63. Nearest audio-route stop: Monument to the Millennium of Russia — 80 m in a straight line, route Novgorod Kremlin and Torg: Who Held the Power in Novgorod

  64. Nearest audio-route stop: Monument to the Millennium of Russia — 60 m in a straight line, route Novgorod Kremlin and Torg: Who Held the Power in Novgorod

  76. Nearest audio-route stop: Church of St John the Baptist at Opoki — 60 m in a straight line, route Novgorod Kremlin and Torg: Who Held the Power in Novgorod

  77. Nearest audio-route stop: Church of St John the Baptist at Opoki — 10 m in a straight line, route Novgorod Kremlin and Torg: Who Held the Power in Novgorod

  78. Nearest audio-route stop: St Nicholas Cathedral — 10 m in a straight line, route Novgorod Kremlin and Torg: Who Held the Power in Novgorod

  79. Nearest audio-route stop: St Nicholas Cathedral — 40 m in a straight line, route Novgorod Kremlin and Torg: Who Held the Power in Novgorod

  81. Nearest audio-route stop: St Sophia Cathedral — 20 m in a straight line, route Novgorod Kremlin and Torg: Who Held the Power in Novgorod

  91. Nearest audio-route stop: Faceted Chamber — 10 m in a straight line, route Novgorod Kremlin and Torg: Who Held the Power in Novgorod

  95. Nearest audio-route stop: Yaroslav's Court and the Torg — 30 m in a straight line, route Novgorod Kremlin and Torg: Who Held the Power in Novgorod