Millennium of Russia
Millennium of Russia
Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast, Russia
15.7m
1862
Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings
Cultural
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1992 (16th session)
The Millennium of Russia (Russian: Тысячелетие России, romanized: Tysyacheletiye Rossii) is a bronze monument in the Novgorod Kremlin. It was erected in 1862 to celebrate the millennium of Rurik's arrival to Novgorod, an event traditionally taken as a starting point of the history of Russian statehood.[1]
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The construction of the monument in 1862.
The Commemorative medal of the monument in 1862 when the construction was finished, "In memory of the Millennium of Russia"
