Novgorod

Novgorod is located 100 mi/160 km southeast of St. Petersburg, which is modern and industrial also retains a well-preserved Kremlin and old city center. In the past the city is in competition competed with Moscow for domination of Old Russia, which is more than 1,000 years old. Novgorod can be reached by rail or air from St. Petersburg or Moscow, very much closer to St. Petersburg. Outside of Novgorod is the Vitoslavlitsy Museum of Wooden Architecture, which has about two dozen wooden structures, all built without nails. St. Sofia Cathedral which begun in 1045 with six domes and the city's other ancient churches, which are concentrated in the Yaroslav Estate across the Volkhov River from the Kremlin.