Novgorod Detinets

Novgorod Detinets
Native name
Russian: Новгородский детинец
LocationVeliky Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Coordinates58°31′15.50″N 31°16′32.00″E / 58.5209722°N 31.2755556°E / 58.5209722; 31.2755556
Rebuilt15th century
Official nameHistoric Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings
TypeCultural
Criteriaii, iv, vi
Designated1992 (16th session)
Reference no.604
RegionEastern Europe
The eastern wall of the Novgorod Detinets
Map of Novgorod Kremlin
Novgorod Kremlin Wall on a 5-ruble banknote

The Novgorod Detinets (Russian: Новгородский детинец, romanizedNovgorodskiy detinets), also known as the Novgorod Kremlin (Russian: Новгородский кремль, romanized: Novgorodskiy kreml'), is a fortified complex (detinets) in Veliky Novgorod, Russia. It stands on the left bank of the Volkhov River about two miles north of where it empties out of Lake Ilmen.[1]

  1. ^ A. I. (Aleksandr Ignat'evich) Semenov, Novgoroskii Kreml (Novgorod: gazeta “Novgorodskaia Pravda,” 1964).

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