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from album: Monasteries of Novgorod Velikiy
The first monastery in Novgorod was founded in the beginning of the 11th century, during the reign of Prince Yaroslav the Wise. Surviving documents recount that by the 12-th century Novgorod was already surrounded by a thick belt of large and small monast
picture: St George (Yuriev) Monastery
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The legend has it that St. George monastery was founded in 1030 by Prince Yaroslav the Wise. He was christened as Georgy (Yury, George), and after victorious campaign against the people of chud' he founded the city of Yuriev (today Tartu, Estonia) and built cathedrals in Novgorod and Kiev in the name and to the glory of his heavenly patron.