SOCIETY AND STATE IN THE NOVGOROD LANDS

Abstract: the article provides an overview of the development of society and the state in the Novgorod lands in
the medieval period from the XI to the XV centuries. The historical significance of the Great Novgorod for the development of the entire Russian land is indeed very great, and to date it has not been fully appreciated yet.
It is early to give final assessments of the development of the Novgorod society and the state. This is because a
large number of artefacts are still hidden from us in the cultural layer of the Novgorod land. However, the native
archaeologists are successfully working on this task. The task of historians is to analyse and evaluate properly the
artefacts found, to draw new conclusions corresponding to the material findings made and, possibly, even new discoveries.
Keywords: Novgorod, society and economy in the Novgorod lands, the state in the Novgorod lands

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