In 1951, archaeologists in Novgorod discovered the first Old Russian birch-bark texts, and more than 1,200 of them have been found to date. Before the availability of paper, soft birch bark was ...
MOSCOW, June 10. /TASS/. A storm hitting Veliky Novgorod, an ancient city in northwestern Russia, on Tuesday damaged the clock of the 17th century clock tower that is part of the Novgorod Kremlin ...