Lying near where Lake Ilmen empties into the Volkhov River, for 10 points, name this important historic city of Russia, not to be confused with the nation's current fourth largest city, Nizhny Novgorod.
This city was the site of a 1650 uprising over rising bread prices, after which many of the insurgents were exiled to Terek, and the Norse sagas claim that this city was the capital of Gardariki. One painting depicts a legendary figure from this city surrounded by mermaids and fish, Ilya Repin's Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom. During the Time of Troubles, Jacob De la Gardie captured this city, although it was returned in the Treaty of Stolbovo, and this city's Saint Olaf's Church was built to commemorate Scandinavian monarchs who took refuge there. This city's Kremlin is known as the Detinets, and it was ruled by a mayor called the Posadnik and a legislature known as the Veche during its time as a ► republic. This city's Yuriev Monastery and Saint Sophia Cathedral were built by Yaroslav the Wise, and its ruler Oleg, the son of Rurik, moved his capital from this city after capturing Kiev. Lying near where Lake Ilmen empties into the Volkhov River, for 10 points, name this important historic city of Russia, not to be confused with the nation's current fourth largest city, Nizhny Novgorod.
This city was the site of a 1650 uprising over rising bread prices, after which many of the insurgents were exiled to Terek, and the Norse sagas claim that this city was the capital of Gardariki.
Veliky Novgorod [accept Novgorod until "Nizhny" is read]