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Novgorod

American  
[nov-guh-rod, nawv-guh-ruht] / ˈnɒv gəˌrɒd, ˈnɔv gə rət /

noun

  1. a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, SE of St. Petersburg: a former capital of Russia.


Novgorod British  
/ ˈnɔvɡərət /

noun

  1. a city in NW Russia, on the Volkhov River; became a principality in 862 under Rurik, an event regarded as the founding of the Russian state; a major trading centre in the Middle Ages; destroyed by Ivan the Terrible in 1570. Pop: 215 000 (2005 est)

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Russia has not said where Putin was at the time, saying the attack was launched on the night of December 28-29 at Putin's home in the Novgorod region.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

No visual evidence of an attack on Novgorod has been published, nor have any independent intelligence assessments been made public to confirm the veracity of Russia’s allegation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

Moscow says that overnight it shot down 117 drones overnight, which mainly targeted four regions - Kursk, Voronezh, Belgorod and Nizhny Novgorod.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2024

About an hour before that Mordovia attack, Russia’s civil aviation authority halted flights at airports in two of the country’s largest cities, Nizhny Novgorod and Tatarstan’s Kazan, because of safety concerns.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2024

One further matter: I was followed from Novgorod by a man whose dæmon was a hyena.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

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