Novgorod, seen from an island — engraving

"Novogorod"

Novgorod on both sides of river Volkhov, seen from an island in the south.

Veliky Novgorod, one of the first cities in Russia, is considered to be 859 as the official date of the establishment of Novgorod. In 1727, the Novgorod province was formed with its center in Novgorod. In 1764, Yakov Efimovich Sivers was appointed to the post of Novgorod governor of Emperor Catherine II. By decree of the Empress of 1778, a new general plan of Novgorod, developed by the capital's architects, was approved. The ancient layout of the city was replaced by a regular one; instead of the old streets, new ones were laid out, drawn along a line. Whole blocks of stone buildings appeared, the Gostiny Dvor, the metropolitan tents were reconstructed, a new bridge on stone supports across the Volkhov, a gymnasium, an office and a prison were built.

Technique, Material: Handcoloured copperplate engraving / Paper
Artist:   Engraver: Giarre Stanghi
Date, Publisher: Giulio Ferrario's,  "Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World", Florence, 1831.
Size: sheet  22,5 х 14,5 cm.