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Staraya Russa

Staraya Russa

A visit to Staraya Russa is a must for all fans of Fyodor Dostoevsky as the great Russian author spent many summers at his residence here and wrote several of his works in this pretty provincial city. But even without the Dostoevsky link, Staraya Russa makes a great destination thanks to its small-town charm and the wonderful examples of church architecture that have survived to this day in the city.


Basic facts
Name in Russian
Старая Русса
Status
City and administrative centre of the Staraya Russa District of the Novgorod Region
Location
On the River Polist
Distance
100km south of Novgorod, 295km south of St Petersburg, 560km north-west of Moscow
Time Zone
Moscow Time
Population
29,979 people (2014)
First Mentioned
1167
Former Names
Rusa
Official Website
http://admgorod.strussa.net/