The Trade (Slavonic) Side, or Half is a
historical district
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of
Veliky Novgorod
Veliky Novgorod ( rus, links=no, Великий Новгород, t=Great Newtown, p=vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət), also known as just Novgorod (), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the ol ...
, located on the right bank ("side") of
Volkhov
Volkhov (russian: Во́лхов) is an industrial town and the administrative center of Volkhovsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the river Volkhov east of St. Petersburg. Population:
It was previously known as ''Zvanka ...
. It got its name from the Torg (city market) located on it. The other half was called the Sophia Side after the
St. Sophia Cathedral.
From the 10th to the 12th centuries, the Slavonic
End
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of Novgorod was located on the Trade Side. In the 12th century, the Plotnitsky (Carpenters's) End separated from the Slavonic End, and since then the Trade Side consisted of two Novgorod ends.
The Trade Side began to be populated since the 10th century and the marketplace (Torg) appeared there. In the 11th century
Yaroslav's Court
Yaroslav's Court (russian: Ярославово Дворище, ''Yaroslavovo Dvorishche'') was the princely compound in the city of Novgorod the Great. Today it is roughly the area around the Trade Mart, the St. Nicholas Cathedral, the Church of ...
, the princely residence, was built on this side as well.
Sources
*{{cite book, author=Alexander Sorokin, chapter=Novgorod's Torg, title=Velikiy Novgorod. History and Culture of the 9th–17th Centuries: Encyclopedic Dictionary, location=Saint Petersburg, publisher=Nestor History, year=2007, pages=455–456, isbn=5-98187-236-5, ref=Sorokin
Veliky Novgorod
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