Novgorod Republic

State · 1056–1481 CE · at its largest around 1468 CE

Trading state in north-western Russia governed by an assembly (veche) and elected officials, enriched by the fur trade with the Hanseatic League; Moscow annexed it in 1478.

On its lands while it lasted

• Rostov Veliky (c. 1125 CE): Capital of Principality of Rostov-Suzdal (1125–1240), Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal (1294–1389).
• Belozersk (c. 1294 CE): Capital of Principality of Beloozero (1294–1343).

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