TO THE PROBLEMOF INTERPRETATION OF HISTORICAL EVIDENCES CONCERNING ANNALISTIC ’NOVGOROD’ IN IX – X CENTURIES (the comments referred to a new publication by E. Nosov)
Author considers the main problems connected with the question about the founding of an ancient city of Kievan Rus – Novgorod on Volkhov River. The reason for the reflections on this topic was the authors critical analisis of Yevgeni Nosov`s new publication. Also the author considers an important question of this city localization in the IX – X centuries. These questions are analyzed on the background of ancient chronicles messages.