Main article: Subjects of the Russian Federation
The Novgorod region is a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, part of the North-Western Federal District, the area is 55.3 thousand km ².
Population
2024: 571K people
The population of the Novgorod region as of January 1, 2024, according to preliminary data, amounted to 571,685 people (68th place in the Russian Federation), including the urban population - 418,614 people (73.2%), the rural population - 153,071 people (26.8%). The last census of the population of Russia was carried out in 2020.
Federal authorities
Territorial branches of federal authorities:
- Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Novgorod region
- North-East Interregional Department of State Road Supervision of the Federal Service for Supervision of Transport
- Branch of the FIU in the Novgorod region
- Novgorod Regional Notary Chamber
Government
Main article: Government of Novgorod region
Settlements
- Administration of Veliky Novgorod
- Education Committee of the Administration of Veliky Novgorod
- Department of Protection of the Population from Emergencies and Fire Safety of the Novgorod Region
- Teploenergo Municipal Unitary Enterprise
Digitalization
Ministry of Digital Development and Information and Communication Technologies of Novgorod Region
2024
3-fold increase in the number of budget places in IT and AI monitoring complexes. The Governor of the Novgorod Region spoke about the digitalization of the region
On September 13, 2024, the Governor of the Novgorod Region Andrei Nikitin announced a threefold increase in the number of budget places for training specialists in the field of information technology and the introduction of monitoring complexes using artificial intelligence (AI) in the region. This statement was made at a working meeting with the Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Maksut Shadayev, as part of the discussion of further plans for the digitalization of the region.
Nikitin stressed that the Novgorod region is successfully implementing the Personnel for the Digital Economy program within the framework of the Digital Economy national project. Over the past four years, the number of budget places at Novgorod State University (NovSU) in the IT direction has tripled, which was the result of close cooperation with leading companies in the industry. In Veliky Novgorod, there is also a training center in the field of IT "School 21," created jointly with "Sberbank," which is focused on training specialists of a new generation.
In addition, the governor said that domestic IT solutions are being actively introduced in the region. The Novgorod region demonstrates high indicators of digital maturity, which is reflected in the regular overfulfilling of the targets established by the Decree of the President of Russia. All public services in the region are available online, with a significant part of the requests being received electronically. In the first half of 2024, 112 thousand requests for socially significant services were received, of which more than 60% were submitted electronically.
Nikitin also noted that from 2021, within the framework of the UTSN 2.0 project, base stations of cellular communications were installed in 21 settlements of the region, and by the end of 2024 two more towers will be commissioned. From 2025, it is planned to build at least three base stations in settlements with a population of less than 100 people, which will be the next step in expanding digital infrastructure in remote areas.[1]
Plan to increase CCTV from 828 to 1,600 before the end of the year
On March 20, 2024, the Governor of the Novgorod Region, Andrei Nikitin, spoke on his Telegram channel about the results of a conversation with the head of the Ministry of Finance, Maksut Shadayev, held in Moscow. In particular, the head of the region announced some results of the digital transformation of the region.
According to Nikitin, in 2023, 147 administrative offenses and 136 crimes were solved using a regional video surveillance system. On the territory of the Novgorod region there are 828 CCTV cameras. By the end of 2024, the number of cameras will grow to 1600 units, said the head of the Novgorod region.
He also pointed to the implementation of projects in the field of smart city. In total, 17 buildings were equipped with smart home components in the Novgorod region by the end of 2023.
In addition, in Veliky Novgorod, together with Sber, the first training center in the field of information technology "School 21" was opened in the North-West Federal District. After two qualifying rounds, 125 applicants were enrolled.
Andrei Nikitin also said that the Novgorod region in 2023 entered the top 10 Russian regions for public information about the activities of government agencies and local governments.
Earlier, Rostec and the government of the Novgorod region agreed to carry out joint work to attract strategic investors in the field of high technologies, organize financing for investment projects, and develop new financial instruments for their implementation. Additionally, the signed agreement provides for the coordination of measures to introduce advanced technologies into production, which will increase the competitiveness of domestic developments of high-tech products, reduce the time and cost of its creation.[2]
2022: Continued connection of facilities to broadband internet and video surveillance
At the end of April 2023, the Minister of Digital Development and Information and Communication Technologies of the Novgorod Region, Mikhail Kibler, spoke about some of the results of the development of information and communication technologies in the region during 2022. He noted that in the ranking of regional leaders of digital transformation, the Novgorod region rose by 20 positions and took 23rd place among the regions of the Russian Federation.
According to Kibler, within the framework of the implementation of the federal project "Information Infrastructure," 150 educational institutions of the Novgorod region (211 separate buildings) were provided with wireless broadband Internet access using Wi-Fi technology and a video surveillance system in 2022. Also connected to the high-speed Internet are 331 socially significant objects, of which: 42 bodies of state power and local government; 134 schools; 49 feldsher-midwife stations; 60 cultural objects; 46 units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Russian Guard.
In total, in 2022, 75 new communication facilities were built on the territory of the Novgorod region, 114 were modernized. Access to modern communication services for the year appeared in another 23 thousand residents of the region.
In 2022, 136 employees of the executive authorities of the Novgorod region were trained in competencies in the field of digital transformation of state and municipal administration at the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation."
Also, the head of the regional Ministry of Digital Development said that in 2022, Novgorodians sent 73.5 thousand electronic applications for the provision of services - twice as much as in 2021. The national program "Digital Economy" was successfully implemented in the Novgorod region, the implementation rate was 100%.[3]
Education
Ministry of Education of Novgorod Region
Universities of the Novgorod region
Colleges and organizations of DPO
- Polytechnic College New State University
- OGB POU "Novgorod Construction College"
- OGA POU "Borovichi Pedagogical College"
- GOAU DPO "Regional Institute of Professional Development"
Culture
Ministry of Culture of Novgorod Region
Memorial estates
Health care
Ministry of Health of Novgorod Region
- GOBUZ "Medical Information and Analytical Center"
- Rusic (health resort)
- Main Bureau of Medical and Social Expertise in the Novgorod Region
Clinics
- GOBUZ "Novgorod Regional Clinical Hospital"
- GOBUZ "Novgorod Ambulance Station"
- "MC Alternative"|here.
Agriculture
2024: Agrarians in the Novgorod region will be compensated for up to half the cost of special drones
On May 23, 2024, the government of the Novgorod region announced a new measure of support for agricultural producers in the region. Agrarians can receive a subsidy for reimbursement of expenses for the purchase of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with agricultural work functions. Read more here.
Hotels
Tourism
2022: 1.7 million tourists, 7% increase in number of rooms
In 2022, 1.7 million tourists visited the Novgorod region. The total number of rooms in hotels, hotels and other accommodation in the region increased by 7%.[4]
Organizations of the Novgorod region
History
Main article: History of Russia
1999: Novgorod renamed Veliky Novgorod
In June 1999, under the new federal law, Novgorod was renamed Veliky Novgorod.
1992: Monuments of Novgorod are attributed to the world heritage
In 1992, monuments and Novgorod were attributed to world heritage.
1941: Occupation by German and Spanish troops
Main article: World War II
From August 1941 to January 1944, the city was under the occupation of German and Spanish troops.
1927: Inclusion in Leningrad Oblast
In 1927, the Novgorod province was included in the Leningrad region.
1913
1862: Opening of the monument "Millennium of Russia" in Veliky Novgorod
1728: Creation of Novgorod Governorate
In 1728, the Novgorod province was created with an administrative center in Veliky Novgorod.
1708: Inclusion in the newly formed St. Petersburg province
In 1708, the settlement was included in the newly formed St. Petersburg province.
1650: Riot over high bread prices
In 1650, due to high bread prices, a bread riot broke out in Novgorod.
1617: Stolbovsky peace with Sweden. The return of Novgorod land and the closure of Russia's exit to the Baltic Sea
On February 27, 1617, a peaceful treatise was signed, called the Stolbovsky Peace.
According to the text of the agreement, Novgorod lands were divided between the two states: Veliky Novgorod and the entire Novgorod patrimony, including Staraya Russa, Ladoga, Porkhov, Gdov with counties, as well as Sumersky volost (Lake Samro district, now Slantsevsky district of the Leningrad region) and all state and church property seized by the Swedes on this territory were returned to the Russian kingdom; The Russian cities of Ivangorod, Yam, Koporye, Korela, the entire Neva and Oreshek with the county departed to the Swedish kingdom.
The Stolbovsky world completely cut off Russia from the Baltic Sea, which allowed King Gustav Adolf to consider the treaty a major victory for the Swedish army and diplomacy.
The Moscow authorities were also pleased with the conclusion of peace, albeit on difficult conditions. Firstly, they achieved the return of Veliky Novgorod with its lands, which refused to swear allegiance to the Swedish crown. Secondly, Moscow, providing the rear, was able to freely continue the war with Poland for the return of the captured Russian territories on the western borders.
1569: Opric pogrom
In the winter of 1569, due to suspicions of treason, Ivan the Terrible staged a pogrom in the city. For six weeks, residents of the city were beaten and drowned in the Volkhov River.
1478: Accession of the Novgorod Republic to the Russian state by Ivan III
1163: Beginning of Novgorod's trade with the Hansa
Back in 1163, Russian-Hanseatic trade was enshrined in the privileges (primarily exemption from duties) of Heinrich Leo given to the city of Lubeck. Among the references, for example, the phrase is found:
"Novgorodians in the camp on the Gothic coast are dirty tricks in the old world."
At the beginning of the XII century, Gothic merchants founded a foreign trading post in Novgorod - the Gothic court with the church of St. Olaf, then (presumably with the assistance of the German community of Gotland) in 1192 the German court with the church of St. Peter according to an agreement, probably signed in 1191-1192.
1136: The expulsion of Vsevolod Mstislavich, the transition of power to the veche and the establishment of an aristocratic republic
At the beginning of the XII century, an extremely strong boyar formed in Novgorod, which did not allow a single princely branch to gain a foothold in the city. In 1136, Monomakhovich Vsevolod Mstislavich was expelled, and power passed to the veche. Novgorod became an aristocratic republic. The boyars themselves invited the princes. Their role was limited to the performance of some executive and judicial functions (together with the posadnik), and the strengthening of the Novgorod militia by princely vigilantes.
1045: Yaroslav the Wise and his wife arrive in Novgorod for the laying of St. Sophia Cathedral
In 1045, Yaroslav and his wife Ingigerda (Irina) went to Novgorod from Kyiv to lay the St. Sophia Cathedral.
1019: Second wife of Yaroslav (the Mudry) Swedish princess Ingigerda arrives in Novgorod
Ingigerda, Princess of Sweden, was to marry King Olaf II of Norway - as a guarantee of peace between Sweden and Norway under the decision of the ting at Uppsala in 1017. The wedding was supposed to take place in the fall on the border of the two states on the banks of the Elv River.
In accordance with the agreements reached in the fall of 1018, Olaf II arrived at the border to meet with the bride and her father, but they were not there. The messengers sent to Sweden brought disappointing news: in the summer ambassadors from the Novgorod "Konung Yaritsleiv" arrived at Olaf Shetkonung, the Swedish king passed off his daughter as the future Prince of Kyiv and ruler of Russia Yaroslav (Mudry), son of Vladimir Svyatoslavich, who reigned then in Novgorod. Olaf II married Ingigerda's half-sister Astrid.
Ingigerda became the second wife of Yaroslav, since the first wife of the Russian prince in 1018 was captured by the Polish king Boleslav and, together with Yaroslav's sisters, was forever taken to Poland. According to another version, the first spouse (probably Anna) died around 1018.
Ingigerda arrived in Novgorod in the summer of 1019.
In Novgorod, Ingigerda passed into the Eastern (Orthodox) rite under the name Irina (consonant with Ingigerda).
980: Installation of Perun idol in the tract Peryn south of Novgorod
Novgorod chronicles report that in 980, in the upper reaches of Volkhov, the governor of Prince Vladimir of Kyiv (during his reform of Slavic paganism) Dobrynya established the idol of Perun in a tract called Peryn.
From the XIV century, the Peryn Monastery appeared in this place - a monastery that operated until 1764. Now the monastery of St. George's Monastery.
882: Joining Kievan Rus'
Main article: Kievan Rus
In 882, Oleg came to Kyiv, killed the local rulers Askold and Dir and declared Kyiv the "mother of Russian cities," began to rule in it.
862: Center of Northern Russia
Main article: Northern Russia
VIII thousand BC: The first settlement on the settlement
Main article: Neolithic in Russia
According to excavations, people have continuously lived on the site of the future Novgorod settlement since the Neolithic (VIII-III millennium BC).
Notes
- ↑ Andrey Nikitin: In 2024, the number of budget places for IT specialties in NOVSU has been tripled
- ↑ Telegram channel of Andrei Nikitin
- ↑ Results of the Ministry of Digital Development and Information and Communication Technologies of the Novgorod Region for 2022
- ↑ About 8 billion rubles will be invested in a new resort complex in the Novgorod region