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	Staraya Russa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The wooden settlement of Russa was burned to ashes in 1190 and 1194.
		The Soviet authority in Staraya Russa was established on November 5(18), 1917.
		Staraya Russa is a balneologic resort, celebrated for its mineral springs used for baths, drinking, and inhalations; medicinal silt mud of the Lake Verkhneye and Lake Sredneye and mud from artificial reservoirs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Staraya_Russa (485 words)

	Small Towns of Russia > Small Towns > Staraya Russa
		Staraja Russa is located on the Priilmenskaja Lowland, on the right coast of the river of Polist (the pool of the lake Ilmen), near the confluence of the rivers Polist, Porusja and Pererytitsa.
		The inhabitants of Russa surrounded the town by earthen fortifications and wooden fortress walls, and on the approaches to the town the monasteries were under construction.
		The earliest of the survived monuments of the ancient architecture in Staraja Russa is the Spaso-Preobrazhensky monastery.
	www.towns.ru /towns/starrussa_e.html (1408 words)

	The Town of Staraya Russa
		Staraya Russa is the third largest town of Novgorod region.
		From olden times until the mid-19th century, Staraya Russa supplied the cities of Moscow Grand Duchy and, subsequently, of the Russian state with salt.
		Other places of interest are the Dostoevsky House-Museum where the famous author lived for ten years, Church of Staraya Russa the Victorious where you will come face to face with the 14th century, the Cathedral of the Resurrection and Saviour-and Transfiguration Monastery.
	www.stolaf.edu /depts/russian/worktrip/staraya.htm (476 words)

	Staraya Russa - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Staraya Russa (Старая Русса) is an old town located 99 km south of Velikiy Novgorod.
		Thought to have originated in the mid-10th century, Staraya Russa was first mentioned in chronicles for the year 1076 as one of three main towns of the Novgorod Republic, alongside Pskov and Ladoga.
		A summer residence of the Russian novelist Feodor Dostoevsky, who wrote there his novels The Brothers Karamazov and The Possessed, is open to visitors as a museum.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Staraya_Russa (494 words)

	STARAYA RUSSA - LoveToKnow Article on STARAYA RUSSA
		Brine springs on the east of the town were used as a source fOr the supply of salt as late as 1865; at present they are used only as mineral waters (temperature 5154 F), having a great resemblance to those of Kreuznach in Germany.
		Some thousands of visitors resort to them every summer, and owing to this circumstance Staraya Russa is better built and better kept than any other town in the government of Novgorod.
		The name of Staraya Russa occurs in Russian annals as far back as 1167.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/ST/STARAYA_RUSSA.htm (189 words)

	North-Western Front - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At Staraya Russa combat started in July, and in August in the streets of the city, which was taken on 9th August after the retreat of 11th Army.
		In the autumn North-West front was on a pivotal point of the fighting activities in the Moscow and Leningrad directions, covering the vital Valdai Hills from which the northern flank of the advance of the Wehrmacht's Army Group Centre could be threatened.
		One of the more successful attempts to regain ground in the Staraya Russa region was the Toropets-Kholm Operation led by General Kurochkin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North-Western_Front (538 words)

	About Staritsa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		While the rest of the country was serving as feeding grounds for greedy rulers and living on the verge of survival was the norm, Novgorod enjoyed democracy and vibrant economy till Moscow's ruthless Tzar Ivan-the-Third and then his infinitely worse grandson Ivan-the-Terrible crushed Novgorod's independence.
		Staraya Russa originated as a health resort famous for its mineral springs and sulfur muds.
		Staraya Russa saw some of the heavier World War 2 fighting as part of the the so-called "swamp front", and the War Museum is certainly worth visiting.
	www.unclepasha.com /staritsa/st_petersburg_to_staritsa.htm (319 words)

	The School of Russian and Asian Studies: Regions & Cities: European Russia (Northern): Staraya Russa
		Staraya Russa is located 100 km south of Novgorod, on Lake Ilmen.
		The Tsar and his family were the first to put to use the curative powers of the waters and mud, and eventually facilities were built for the general population.
		Staraya Russa is perhaps most known by association with Fyodor Dostoyevsky, who also came to the spas to treat his epilepsy.
	www.sras.org /6631/cities.phtml?m=107 (209 words)

	Staraya Russa: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Staraya Russa (Старая Русса) is an old town located 99 km A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)
		Thought to have originated in the mid-10th century, Staraya Russa was first mentioned in chronicles for the year 1076 as one of three main towns of the Novgorod Republic The novgorod republic was an early republic that existed in the north-west territory of modern day russia, in novgorod lands between 1136 and 1478....
		The word Staraya (Old) was prefixed to the name in the 15th century (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries)...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /s/staraya_russa (1334 words)

	Kanonier Franz Augner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Armee and committed at Staraya Russa, to the south of Lake Illmen.
		Staraya Russa was one of these as well as an army level supply depot.
		The majority of the German defenders of Staraya Russa came from 18.
	home.clara.net /percy/franzaugner.htm (369 words)

	Travel and Tourism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Staraya Russa is the third major town in Novgorod region.
		As early as 11 century Staraya Russa was considered to be a follow-town of Novgorod the Great in politics and trade, being a large village surrounded by a rampart and fortress.
		It was here that he wrote the greate part of the novel The Karamazov Brothers.Some of Dostoevsky's impressions of Staraya Russa were reproduced in his description of Skotoprigonyevsk, the town where the scene of the novel is laid out.
	copy-www.novsu.ac.ru /city/travel/history.html (167 words)

	Matisov Domik Hotel. Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The sanatorium "Staraya Russa" is located in ancient Russian town, 100 klms from Novgorod, between Moscow and St.-Petersburg, in own forest park.
		Resort "Staraya Russa" is famous for its unique sulphide - silt mud with biologically active matters, which holds superiority with its medical properties in Russia and Europe.
		Well and to all representatives of the stronger sex are offered the whole complex of procedures (mineral and medical baths, mud applications and electromud cure, herbal microenemas, medical souls, physiotherapy) for "a unconditional victory" chronic postatitis, man's barrenness, various difficulties in intimate sphere.
	www.matisov.spb.ru /eng/sr.html (497 words)

	/ North-West Telecom / News / > PRESS-RELEASE/North-West Telecom is Deactivating the Last Decade-Step Exchange in ...
		Residents and enterprises of Staraya Russa will get both the opportunity to have a telephone connection installed and the opportunity to appreciate the high quality of telephone communication and the convenience of an entire range of new extra services, such as: call forwarding, notification of calls, conference communication, etc.
		By the year 2006, in Staraya Russa there will be no telephone numbers starting with "2" or "24" at all; and the range of numbers starting with "5" will be expanded.
		The decade-step exchange of Staraya Russa was one of the first telephone exchanges of this type in Novgorod Oblast.
	www.nwtelecom.ru /pubsas/test--CD232C52E5B94630BD2A9E94592159D4/lang--eng (371 words)

	Pravda.RU:R e p o r t e r's n o t e-b o o k first birch bark letter was found in Veliky Novgorod 51 years ago
		A resident of Staraya Russa wrote a letter to his brother and recommended him, to put it mildly, not to show off in his trade business.
		Historians believe that if the author of this letter could have known that it would be found a thousand years later, he would have signed it and gone down in Russian history as the first "official ribald".
		A great number of birch bark letters, discovered in Veliky Novgorod and Staraya Russa, can be explained by the extent of the Novgorod lands.
	newsfromrussia.com /society/2002/07/26/33257_.html (586 words)

	Staraya Russa - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition - HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Staraya Russa - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition - HighBeam Research
		STARAYA RUSSA [Staraya Russa] [Rus.,=Old Russia], city (1989 pop.
		It is a health resort with salt springs and mud baths.
	www.highbeam.com /library/docfree.asp?DOCID=1E1:StarayaR&ctrlInfo=Round18:Mode18c:DocG:Result&ao= (72 words)

	Axis History Forum :: View topic - Staraya Russa - Lake Ilmen...The Axis offensive
		The Battle for Staraya Russa was part of the attack of ArmeeGruppe Nord towards Leningrad.
		Staraya Russa was a historical city, Staraya means 'old', and once one of the major cities of Russia.
		By evening the Germans captured the hill of Anischina, 4km east of S.R. Staraya Russa is now under German control (until 18/02/44).
	forum.axishistory.com /viewtopic.php?t=93910 (976 words)

	ROADS TO LENINGRAD World War 2 Boardgame.
		Roads to Leningrad is a package consisting of two separate operational level games on WW II --the Battle of Soltsy and the Battle of Staraya Russa.
		Battle of Staraya Russa: In early August, the Soviet High Command prepared a surprise counter-offensive south of Lake Ilmen to relieve pressure on the increasingly hard-pressed armies defending Leningrad.
		Manstein Attacks: To solve the deepening crisis at Staraya Russa, the German command called on Manstein's LVI Corps.
	www.pixelpark.co.nz /war_games/leningrad.htm (752 words)

	Starya Russa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The German 10th Corps, consisting of the 30th, 126th and the 290th Infantry Division have captured Staraya Russa.
		The Russians, seeing the gap between the German 2nd and 10th Corps, launched the entire 34th Army in a viscous attack to cut Heeresgruppe Nord in two.
		This was a gruesome battle in the swampy and forested terrain around Staraya Russa.
	www.ggholiday.com /BG/history/Staraya_Russa_history.htm (113 words)

	STARAYA RUSSA - Online Information article about STARAYA RUSSA
		STARAYA RUSSA - Online Information article about STARAYA RUSSA
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		The name of Staraya Russa occurs in See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SOU_STE/STARAYA_RUSSA.html (273 words)

	41081218
		The Soviet counterattack at Staraya Russa by the 34th Army succeeds in caving in the flank of the German 10th Corp. Three German divisions are threatened with encirclement on the south bank of Lake Illmen.
		The German 10th Corps retreats in the face of the counterattack in the Staraya Russa area.
		German infantry forces from 16 Army captures the town of Staryya Russa on the south shore of Lake Illmen.
	www.bartcop.com /41081218.htm (5504 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Hedgehog's End -- Feb. 28, 1944 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In the swamps and forests hugging Staraya Russa bodies rotted and weapons turned rusty.
		Here, for two and one half years, the Germans held on: to give up this powerful "hedgehog" was to unhinge the whole northern front.
		The reason, boldly scribbled across the map of war: fear of being caught by the fast, steady Russian advance from the north.
	www.time.com /time/archive/printout/0,23657,796426,00.html (199 words)

	ForValor.com - General Shpelevskii
		The 254th had recently formed, and had been sent to the northeast of Velikie Luki, around Staraya Russa and Demyansk, fighting in the miserably swampy terrain of northwestern Russia.
		The 254th Division was thrust into the bloody conflagration of battles around Smolensk, attempting to stop the German thrust towards Leningrad, and relieve the pressure on the hundreds of thousands of surrounded Soviet troops to the west.
		Here, he participated in the frenzied offensive battles against the German 16th Army, fighting around the city of Staraya Russa, and attempting to seal the Demyansk Pocket (crushing the German 2nd Corps) throughout the winter and spring of 1942.
	www.forvalor.com /s71.htm (2379 words)

	Theatre Festival Commemorating Dostoyevsky to be held in Staraya Russa / All culture news of St. Petersburg / ...
		Theatre Festival Commemorating Dostoyevsky to be held in Staraya Russa / All culture news of St. Petersburg / Petersburg CITY / Guide to St. Petersburg, Russia
		The eighth theatre festival of cameo productions featuring works by Fyodor Dostoyevsky opened on Wednesday in Staraya Russa, the Novgorod region, RIA Novosti was told at the Novgorod regional committee for culture, cinema and tourism and the Staraya Russa Dostoyevsky house-museum.
		The theatre festival in Staraya Russa has been organised by the Union of Theatrical Workers of Russia and the administration of the Novgorod region.
	petersburgcity.com /news/culture/2004/11/11/dostoyevsky_festival (284 words)

	Novgorod Region Overview
		The largest cities in the region are Velikiy Novgorod (237,000), Borovichi (60,000), Staraya Russa (40,900), Valday (18,900), Chudovo (18,000), Malaya Vishera (14,500) and Soltsy 12,700.
		The region also possesses important natural and recreational resources, such as Lake Ilmen, the Volkhov River, the mineral waters and mud baths of the Staraya Russa spa, Radon Springs and the Valday National Park.
		Industry, which makes up for approximately 40% of the regional economy and contributes over half of tax revenues, is mainly concentrated in the cities of Velikiy Novgorod, Borovichi, Staraya Russa and Chudovo.
	www.bisnis.doc.gov /bisnis/bisdoc/0207NovgorodRegOver.htm (2382 words)

	Oaks beauty contest
		The results of contest "Whose oak is better" were summarized in November.
		The unique competition has taken place recently in the city of Staraya Russa in Novgorod region.
		This year schoolboys with their work Age-old oaks of Tuleblia won the right to name their oakery the Best (Tuleblia is the village near Staraya Russa).
	oaks.forest.ru /eng/events/contest.html (628 words)

	Russia Forum - Moscow, Novgorod, Pskov, Tver, S... - VirtualTourist.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		I think Tver and Staraya Russa will be toured with the group but we have a day in both Novgorod and Pskov on our own.
		Re: Re: Moscow, Novgorod, Pskov, Tver, Staraya Russa
		Gate 1 has a similar trip but it doesn't stop in Pskov or Staraya Russa but still has an overnight in Novgorod and stops in Tver.
	forum.virtualtourist.com /discussion-29145-1-1-Miscellaneous-0-906-Russia-discussion.html (643 words)

	Travel and visa support to Russia :: Russian regions :: Novgorod oblast' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Economy: Leading brunches of industry are precision industry (electronics), wood-working industry, pulp and paper industry, food-processing and chemical industry.
		Main industrial centres are Novgorod, Borovichi, Staraya Russa.
		Leading branches of agriculture are flax growing and dual purpose cattle breeding.
	welcome2russia.ru /russia/region.php?reg=53 (154 words)

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