The 1,150th anniversary of the Russian state was celebrated in Veliky Novgorod on September 21-23. A monument called The Prince’s Stone was unveiled in Rurik's City on Saturday. The inscription has been made recently, but the stone itself has witnessed events from a thousand years ago, historians claim.
© RIA Novosti . Konstantin Chalabov / Go to the mediabankThe 1,150th anniversary of the Russian state was celebrated in Veliky Novgorod on September 21-23. A monument called The Prince’s Stone was unveiled in Rurik's City on Saturday. The inscription has been made recently, but the stone itself has witnessed events from a thousand years ago, historians claim.
The 1,150th anniversary of the Russian state was celebrated in Veliky Novgorod on September 21-23. A monument called The Prince’s Stone was unveiled in Rurik's City on Saturday. The inscription has been made recently, but the stone itself has witnessed events from a thousand years ago, historians claim.
© RIA Novosti . Konstantin Chalabov / Go to the mediabankA parade of historic ships, called “From the Varangians to the Greeks,” was followed by a stage show about how the local Slav tribes had invited “the Varangians” to rule them and about the first days of one of Russia’s oldest cities located at the crossroads of the trade route from the Varangian to the Greeks.
A parade of historic ships, called “From the Varangians to the Greeks,” was followed by a stage show about how the local Slav tribes had invited “the Varangians” to rule them and about the first days of one of Russia’s oldest cities located at the crossroads of the trade route from the Varangian to the Greeks.
© RIA Novosti . Konstantin Chalabov / Go to the mediabankIn the 9th century AD, Rurik’s City was the merchant, trade, military and administrative center of the area around Lake Ilmen. It is now an archaeological monument located 2 km south of the center of Veliky Novgorod, at the place where the Volkhov River flows out of Lake Ilmen across from the St. George's, or Yuryev, Monastery.
In the 9th century AD, Rurik’s City was the merchant, trade, military and administrative center of the area around Lake Ilmen. It is now an archaeological monument located 2 km south of the center of Veliky Novgorod, at the place where the Volkhov River flows out of Lake Ilmen across from the St. George's, or Yuryev, Monastery.
© RIA Novosti . Konstantin Chalabov / Go to the mediabankThe show staged for the opening ceremony of the Prince’s Stone monument in Rurik’s City.
The show staged for the opening ceremony of the Prince’s Stone monument in Rurik’s City.
© RIA Novosti . Konstantin Chalabov / Go to the mediabankA participant in the show staged for the opening ceremony of the Prince’s Stone monument in Rurik’s City.
A participant in the show staged for the opening ceremony of the Prince’s Stone monument in Rurik’s City.
© RIA Novosti . Konstantin Chalabov / Go to the mediabankCossacks attending the celebrations of the 1,150th anniversary of the Russian state celebrated in Veliky Novgorod.
Cossacks attending the celebrations of the 1,150th anniversary of the Russian state celebrated in Veliky Novgorod.
© RIA Novosti . Konstantin Chalabov / Go to the mediabankThe show staged for the opening ceremony of the Prince’s Stone monument in Rurik’s City.
The show staged for the opening ceremony of the Prince’s Stone monument in Rurik’s City.
© RIA Novosti . Konstantin Chalabov / Go to the mediabankFist-fighting tournaments at Yaroslav’s Court held in Veliky Novgorod during the celebrations of the 1,150th anniversary of the Russian state.
Fist-fighting tournaments at Yaroslav’s Court held in Veliky Novgorod during the celebrations of the 1,150th anniversary of the Russian state.
© RIA Novosti . Konstantin Chalabov / Go to the mediabankVeliky Novgorod residents playing a traditional game during the celebrations of the 1,150th anniversary of the Russian state.
Veliky Novgorod residents playing a traditional game during the celebrations of the 1,150th anniversary of the Russian state.