Bestuzhev (surname)
Bestuzhev (russian: Бecтужeв), or Bestuzheva (feminine; ) is a Russian surname. The Bestuzhev noble family was from the medieval Novgorod Republic and descended from boyars. Notable people with the surname include: * Pyotr Bestuzhev-Ryumin (1664-1742), Russian statesman * Mikhail Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin (1688-1760), Russian diplomat * Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin (1693-1766), Russian diplomat * Alexander Fedoseyevich Bestuzhev (1761-1810), Russian writer and state councilor *Alexander's sons (all members of the Decembrist revolt): **Nikolay Bestuzhev (1791-1855), Russian writer and portrait painter **Alexander Bestuzhev (1797-1837), Russian writer **Mikhail Bestuzhev (writer) Bestuzhev (russian: Бecтужeв) or Bestuzheva (feminine; ) may refer to: * Bestuzhev (surname), a Russian surname, including a list of people with the name * Bestuzhev (cattle), a cattle breed from Russia * Bestuzhev Courses, a women's highe ... (1800-1871), Russian writer ** Pyotr Bestuzhev (officer) ...
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Novgorod Republic
The Novgorod Republic was a medieval state that existed from the 12th to 15th centuries, stretching from the Gulf of Finland in the west to the northern Ural Mountains in the east, including the city of Novgorod and the Lake Ladoga regions of modern Russia. The Republic prospered as the easternmost trading post of the Hanseatic League and its Slavic, Baltic and Finnic people were much influenced by the culture of the Viking-Varangians and Byzantine people. Name The state was called "Novgorod" and "Novgorod the Great" (''Veliky Novgorod'', russian: Великий Новгород) with the form "Sovereign Lord Novgorod the Great" (''Gosudar Gospodin Veliky Novgorod'', russian: Государь Господин Великий Новгород) becoming common in the 15th century. ''Novgorod Land'' and ''Novgorod volost usually referred to the land belonging to Novgorod. ''Novgorod Republic'' itself is a much later term, although the polity was described as a republic as early a ...
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