Information about the city of Veliky Novgorod
Status: the administrative center of the Novgorod Region.
Phone code: +7 81622*****
It is situated in the North-West of Russia, on the bank of the Volkhov River,
180 km of Saint-Petersburg and 524 km of Moscow.
Industry.
Metalworking: "Novgorod Metallurgical Plant" CJSC.
Radioindustry, electronic industry, instrument making: federal state
unitary enterprise "KVANT Industrial Association", ""Start" Scientific and Production Enterprise" OJSC
and "Special Design-Engineering Bureau RT" OJSC, "Transvit" OJSC.
Chemical industry: "Akron" OJSC.
Production of building materials: "Volkhovets" plant.
Production of packing: "Amkor Flexible Novgorod" OJSC, "Amkor Rench Novgorod" OJSC.
Glass industry: "Novgorod Plant of Glass-Fibre" OJSC.
Food industry: "Alkon" OJSC, "Dirol-Catberry" OJSC, "Novgorodkhleb" OJSC,
"Laktis" JSC.
Agriculture:
Plant growing, in particular, flax breeding, dairy husbandry.
Culture.
Theatres: Academical Theatre of Legitimate Drama n.a. F.M. Dostoevsky, "Malyi" city theatre for children and youth.
Museums: Museum of Art Culture of Novgorod Land, "Vitoslavlitsy" Folk Wooden Architecture, united museum-resort.
A lot of old Russia architectural monuments have been preserved there.
The oldest of them is St. Sophia Cathedral, which building began in 1045.
It is located inside the Kremlin - historical center of the city. Since 1999 the famous
Ryurik ancient settlement was included within the city boundary.
The Antoniev Monastery (beginning of the 12th century) with the cathedral of
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin (1117), the Yuriev Monastery (was mentioned since
the beginning of the 12th century) with St. George Cathedral (1119).
The most famous of the later city sightseeings is the monument to the Millennium of Russia, errected in 1862.
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