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The World Yachting Charter Charter Management program is essentially our range of services that ensure our care of your yacht and its charter guests, making sure that your yacht reaches its charter income potential and retains as much value as possible over the years. This program is designed to make the yacht ownership as easy as it gets while it will also cover your yachts running costs and in certain charter management models bring additional profit, making your yacht purchase an investment.

Our charter management program has already been recognized by many satisfied owners.

Key benefits of charter management

• excellent booking results, with more than 20 weeks per season
• financial security with insurance against loss of charter income (in the event of a damage)
• high maintenance standards ensure best resale value for your yacht regardless of its age
• special purchase conditions for your yacht
• high-quality aftersales support with prompt processing of claims throughout warranty
• favourable financing conditions through affiliate leasing companies
• transparent cash flow reports through constant insight in income and expenses
• easy sale or trade in with our brokerage support

What about yacht Maintenance?

Sometimes the build year of the yacht is not that important – regardless of the yachts age, a properly maintained yacht is the only way to a satisfied charter guest and at the same time the key to a successful business process. Consequently, our professionally educated staff constantly supervises the condition of the yacht and its equipment. With regular services we act in advance in order to prevent any bigger malfunctions and to provide a safe and high-quality vacation for charter guests. With continuous supervision and maintenance, we ensure the longevity of your yacht and equipment as well as a higher price in charter and a higher market value when you decide to sell the yacht. The owner of the yacht has a permanent insight in maintenance processes and their cost – the yachts that we hold in our bases are the best evidence of the quality of service that we provide.

As an official Hanse representative, we guarantee high-quality aftersales support with prompt processing of claims throughout warranty and after the warranty has passed. In fact, we will make all the warranty claims for you to ensure the yacht is always in top condition.

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Hanse Yachting World

Bohus Charter ́s and Croatia Yachting ́s HANSE YACHTING WORLD-sailing concept that will make your boat dream come true

As official reseller/General agent of Hanse and with charter business with Hanse Yachts we can offer you a very favorable alternative with Hanse.

We work for you to maximize joy at sea in owning a boat, which you have always dreamed of.

For yacht management programs; We are available at any time to provide you with the best personal advice on which program is the most suitable for you.

Dreaming and realizing the dream, that’s what we call luxury. In addition, we also look forward to helping you on the following issues as the responsible partner:

– Which yacht suits the best for your dreams and budget? – Which options are best for you? – Which marine on the Croatian coast is most convenient for you? – What requirements must be respected?

Your positive decision assumes that you trust and have a reliable partner.

It means; – Yacht financing and yacht insurance to the best conditions and conditions. – Good return on investment through guaranteed income from Chartern. – Be able to transfer your boat up on land in Croatia if desired. – Calibrating electronic devices such as mounting the mast. – Three to six weeks of owner weeks of sailing. – Quay/berth in one of the most beautiful sailing areas in the world. – The transfer of your Hanse to the location you have the boat, including all formalities. – Keep the value of your boat through professional maintenance of your Hanse. – Selling your Hanse yacht in the second place on the market.

Warranties and Conditions

Buy security for Bohus charters and Hanse Yachting World’s customers:

– The boat is held fully insured by Pantaenius Yacht Insurance or UNIQA insurance Group. – The boat is handled by Bohus charter AB’s and Croatia Yachtings D.O. O’s Croatian subsidiary Hanse Yachting World. – You are guaranteed the boat after the contract period by special financing agreement with Hanse Yachting World. – You can terminate the contract prematurely and redeem the boat when you wish.

– The boat is rented out only to approved customers. – The boat’s home port is Marina Kastela, Biograd or Dubrovnik and is used only in Croatian waters. – The boat is professionally managed and the seller’s warranties are valid for 12 months. – Hanse Yachting World is owned in equal parts by

Bohus Charter AB and Croatia Yachting, both of which are authorized general agents for Hanse Yachts for many years.

We have worked with charter, rental, boat service and boat sales to private individuals and companies since 1992.

We help you register companies in Croatia. To ensure 100% ownership control and flexibility for you as an owner. We assist in the registration of the boat and the establishment of charter contracts may operate the boat in charter and maintenance agreements.

Means full price for your Hanse yacht which is paid after a given discount.

With Hanse Yachting World in Croatia, you have the opportunity to discover completely new coasts in wonderful weather. Along the fantastic Croatian coasts you can stop along the way and discover sights such as an old submarine hangar or why not stop in Dubrovnik Croatia’s finest city and experience an older culture.

The funder owns the boat from the beginning.

The Normal contract period is 6 seasons.

Normally 3 owns weeks in three-week periods 1 week in high season 1 week in pre-season and 1 week off-season. If additional weeks are desired, there is flexibility.

Annual income after settlement of commissions for bookings and check-ins, inspections, costs such as marina, insurance, service by agreement and profit will be your income.

Rent your Hanse yacht for charter in Stockholm’s fine archipelago with over 50,000 islands to view. In order for you to ensure 100% ownership and flexibility, full financing applies. With full financing, you have the flexibility to freely choose which weeks you want to use the boat yourself. We recommend 3-4 own weeks per season, 2 weeks high season and 1 week during low or mid season. And that you have access to the boat when it is not booked.

With Hanse Yachting World with the location of a charter boat in Stockholm (Svinninge Marina), you have greater flexibility as it is easier to use the boat. No hassle with different concept models at a new charter boat in Stockholm. As simple as possible so that you can enjoy at sea with your new Yacht and get the maximum return on full rental during the season.

A charter boat in northern Norway Tromsö to ensure that you have 100% ownership and great flexibility means full financing when buying a Hanse yacht. With increased flexibility, you have the opportunity to choose which weeks you want to use the boat. We recommend 3-4 own sailing weeks, 2 weeks high season and 1 week during low or mid season. This is to give you as high a return as possible.

Together with our partner Boreal Yachting in Hanse Yachting World Tromsö, it is a professional charter business that arranges everything from completed trips to own exploration in the Norwegian fjords.

With Hanse Yachting World in Tromsö, you get fantastic sailing adventures. Sail in another climate where the water never freezes as hot water flows along via the Gulf Stream. Charter in Tromsø is not like your normal sailing holiday. Discover Lyngen Alps one of the best hiking sites in the world. Hike through glaciers, beautiful scenery and discover wildlife. Combine two holidays experience fantastic sailing through snow-filled mountains in the morning and ski from the mountain peaks in the afternoon.

NOW YOU CAN BECOME A HAND OWNER WITH A MINIMUM INVESTMENT BUT AT THE SAME TIME ENJOY BENEFITING OWNERSHIP WITH YOUR OWN YACH

Your advantages:

– Yacht financing and yacht insurance to the best conditions and conditions. – Good return on investment through guaranteed income from Chartern. – Be able to transfer your boat up on land in Croatia if desired. – Calibrating electronic devices such as mounting the mast. – Three to six weeks of ownership weeks of sailing. – Quay/berth in one of the most beautiful sailing areas in the world. – The transfer of your Hanse to the location you have the boat, including all formalities. – Keep the value of your boat through professional maintenance of your Hanse. – Selling your Hanse yacht in the second place on the market.

Hanse 458 Charter Edition

1 983 459 sek incl vat *.

See the full specification: Hanse 388

3 326 415 SEK incl VAT *

See the full specification : Hanse 458

Hanse 508 Charter Edition

4 234 233 sek incl vat *.

See the full specification: Hanse 508

Net return per year at maximum rental. Hanse 388 ……. 15 334 € Hanse 458 ……. 25 800 € Hanse 508 ……. 36 269 € Hanse 548 ……. 49 000 €

* We reserve the right to vary in demand and discounts as well as price increases for marinas, service and insurance, etc.

* Prices above are based on seasonal rentals in Croatia.

* prices above are shown ex VAT

Net return per year at maximum rental. Hanse 388 Hanse 458 Hanse 508 Hanse 548

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Realizing your dream:

STEP 1 You choose the model and reserve your Hanse Yacht and you get your production – slot. You’ll be paid 10 in a deposit.

STEP 2 The purchase agreement and the Charter Management Agreement are signed within 10 days of the reservation.

STEP 3 Approximately 3 weeks after the contract you pay 20 of the boat’s value and now the delivery week is announced.

STEP 4 No later than 10 days before delivery is paid 70 of the boat and cost of delivery.

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HANSE offers a range of trend-setting sailing yachts measuring between 31 feet (ca. 9 m) and 67 feet (ca. 21 m) in length and again sets new standards in the industry with a host of pioneering innovations. HanseYachts manufactures and tests each sailing yacht it produces on the German Baltic Sea coast. All models are constructed using the most recent state-of-the-art technology as the industry leader in innovation. They actively work to improve and improve our sailing yachts, and we also invest in innovative initiatives that are orientated toward digitization and the creation of alternative motor systems. Hanse sail yachts stand out for their exceptional maneuverability and stylish, asymmetrical design.

They create high-comfort sailing yachts with exceptional sailing performance in close cooperation with the famous and experienced yacht architects from judel/vrolijk & co. Only Hanse offers sailing sailboats that are specifically made to accept a self-tacking jib, which allows a yacht with a strong sail plan to be maneuvered by one person.  Hanse yachts have more than 100 dealers all around the world.

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The South Pole by superyacht: the top yachts available for charter in Antarctica

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The increasing desire for superyacht owners and charterers to get off the grid is growing, with guests wanting to explore some truly adventurous destinations. Even one of the world’s final frontiers – the wintery reaches of ice-covered Antarctica – has become an attraction for anyone looking for a once-in-a-lifetime superyacht charter experience. 

Whether you’re a lover of skiing and snow sports or a wildlife-watching enthusiast who’s hoping to spot the region's famous residents like penguins and whales, the Antarctica Peninsula should be on your travel bucket list – and there’s no better way to discover this destination than on a luxury superyacht expedition. 

BOAT takes a closer look at the explorer superyachts currently available for charter in Antarctica to help you plan your voyage to the end of the earth…

Pink Shadow

Stats: 58.3m, Damen Yachting , 2023, 12 guests, 17 crew

What to expect in Antarctica : With a gleaming green hull, an imaginative interior and superior expedition credentials, 58.3-metre Pink Shadow has every feature one could dream of for an expedition yacht. Her interiors are inspired by an epic adventure film set in the Amazon basin and she even has a Habana room on board where guests can wind down with a cigar after a day on the ice. 

Pink Shadow is managed by Y.CO with a weekly charter rate starting from €510,000.

Stats: 126.2 metres, Lürssen , 2003, 12 guests, 45 crew

What to expect in Antarctica: Widely considered the first true explorer, 126-metre Octopus famously belonged to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen before being sold in 2021. Equipped with an ice-classed 1A steel hull, a flotilla of tenders and cool expedition features such as an ROV, Octopus is perhaps the most extravagant way to see Antarctica. 

Octopus is managed by Camper & Nicholsons with a weekly charter rate starting from $2,200,000.

Hanse Explorer

Stats: 47.8m, Fassmer , 2006, 12 guests, 15 crew

What to expect in Antarctica: Returning to the frozen south virtually every season, 48-metre Hanse Explorer is perhaps the most popular choice for Antarctic expeditions. Built in 2006 (and extensively refitted in 2021), she has a high commercial ice classification, refined interiors, and an onboard expedition team to enhance your experience. Accommodation on board is for 12 across seven comfortable cabins. Hanse Explorer is managed by EYOS Expeditions with a weekly charter rate starting from $245,000 per week.

Stats: 77.4m, IHC Verschure , 1974, 22 guests, 28 crew

What to expect in Antarctica: Having started life as a Dutch-built tug in 1974 with Class 1 ice-breaking credentials, 77.4-metre Legend is a seasoned pro of the Antarctic Peninsula. Capable of sleeping 22 guests, she features a commercial helideck, a submarine and a spa pool that can take 16 people. While she may be tough, her interior is more akin to that of a stately home. 

Legend is managed for charter by Y.CO with a weekly rate starting from €625,000.

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Space Wonder - The new Hanse 360

The Hanse 360 is the latest vessel born from a successful partnership with the Berret-Racoupeau team, offering a major advancement in the world of yachts and setting new standards in comfort, functionality, and performance. Continuing Hanse's tradition of easy handling and fast cruising, the yacht excels due to its innovative design, practical layout, and superior engineering.  Furthermore, its spacious interiors, designed for optimal comfort, are a testament to the luxury this sailboat offers. This, along with its stability and outstanding performance on water ensured by the distinctive Hanse chines, makes it stand out in its class.

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15 of the best boats to look out for at this year’s Boat Shows

• Toby Hodges
• September 5, 2024

As summer draws to a close we pick some of the most interesting boats set to be launched during this year's boat show season

The northern hemisphere summer is drawing to a close and for sailors this means that boat show season is upon us. With dozens of world premieres among the line-up at Cannes, Genoa and Southampton Boat Shows, here’s our pick of the most interesting new yachts on display in 2024.

Best boats in 2024’s Boat Shows

At Cannes Yachting Festival

In a departure from Ice’s long-standing relationship with Felci design, this stunning Italian offering, with crisp and minimalistic styling, is the result of a collaboration between Micheletti & Partners, who were responsible for interior and exterior styling, and Farr Yacht Design. Construction is of infused hybrid carbon sandwich for the hull and full carbon for the deck. Spars are also of carbon, with EC6 carbon standing rigging.

The deck layout, including a pair of electric winches ahead of each helm station, is designed to enable the boat to be handled by a single watch keeper.

Yet this is a beautifully spacious yacht with three or four cabin layouts that offer plenty of privacy, plus generous saloon and galley areas. Ice founder Marco Malgara is particularly excited about this one and you can expect a delicious helming experience.

Wauquiez 55

The first new launch from this renowned French yard for six years is a centre cockpit yacht aimed at the premium end of the market and packed with excellent ideas. Below decks the boat has a number of surprises, including the owner’s aft cabin with extensive windows onto the bathing platform and its own aft entrance. This creates a space with an entirely different feel to that of any other production yacht of a similar size.

The Lombard-designed hull shape aims to maximise stability, while the reverse sheer is an intrinsically stiff shape that improves performance and comfort by reducing weight in the ends of the boat. Options include three rigs, two keels, and two interior layouts.

Contest 63CS

This family owned Dutch yard has produced some of the very best semi-custom large cruising yachts, with sparkling sailing performance and a very high build quality. The latest model is a powerful and spacious centre cockpit sloop with sleek lines by naval architects Judel/Vrolijk, plus interior styling by superyacht stars Wetzels Brown Partners.

It’s intended as a boat that can be sailed by family and friends, but also has an option to accommodate crew if necessary. Sail handling systems are set up for simplicity and ease of handling, with a choice of in-boom or in-mast mainsail reefing and the option of a self-tacking inner jib. All lines are led aft and can be controlled from the pedestals immediately forward of the helm stations. Below decks a large number of variations are possible, including a four-cabin family layout, or three cabins plus crew quarters.

At Genoa Boat show

The latest in this range of sleek performance cruisers looks like the ideal way for the Aquileia yard to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

It’s another Javier Soto Acebal design with twin rudders and a hydrodynamically efficient hull shape, with a chine forward and lots of flare above the waterline aft. We featured it in more detail in our May issue noting that the key differences over the seven-year-old 55 are the longitudinal tender garage and ability to offer three heads with separate shower compartments.

Adi Design was responsible for the interior that has provision for an optional en suite crew cabin. Extensive glazing at the aft end of the coachroof helps to flood the aft cabins with natural light and improve ventilation in these areas.

Two performance Grand Soleils

At Cannes Yachting Festival At Genoa Boat show

The Grand Soleil 52 Performance is the latest collaboration between naval architect Matteo Polli and Nauta Design, who were responsible for exterior styling, interiors and layouts. The result is an elegant and stunning yacht with a high stability, high performance hull shape.

The yard says it’s ‘intended for competent, passionate and very demanding owners who do not want to compromise on performance and comfort’. As with other models in the range it’s available in both Performance and Race versions, with the former optimised for sporty, yet comfortable, cruising.

The Grand Soleil 65 Performance follows in the wake of the Long Cruise version – which was our cover model and for which we did a full review last month – based on the same hull, but with a streamlined deckhouse and sportier styling. The concept was curated and finessed by Italian racer Franco Corazza, who has a dozen national championship wins, plus European and world titles.

Performance targets match those of the earlier Grand Soleil 72, with the mast positioned well aft to maximise the size of the foretriangle and therefore also reaching and downwind sails. This helps to create a sail plan with a relatively low centre of effort that reduces heel angles.

The yard has made further steps toward sustainability, including the use where appropriate of linen fibres, bio resins and water-based paints.

Hanse 360 and 590

At Cannes Yachting Festival At Southampton Boat Show At Genoa Boat show

These two models fill out Hanse’s acclaimed new Berret-Racoupeau-designed range that launched with the Hanse 460 in 2021. All five models to date feature very spacious accommodation, combined with surprisingly quick and civilised sailing performance.

Like her larger stablemates the 360 offers accommodation volumes that are not normally associated with a yacht of this size, including a large forward owner’s cabin with a peninsula bed. In all 12 layout options are offered in two or three cabin formats with either one or two heads.

The deck layout is ergonomic under sail, yet the cockpit is also designed for outdoor living, with a large table, big fold-down platform aft and an optional barbecue for cooking outside.

The 590 is the yard’s new flagship and a replacement for the long running and successful 588, with a lot more volume, giving room for a very spacious owners cabin. Hanse says the optional hard top is the largest in its class and there’s a large 3.1m dinghy garage with electric launching system.

Lagoon 43 and 60

Lagoon celebrates 40 years in business this year, over which time it has built over 7,000 yachts. The Lagoon 43 is a replacement for one of the most important models in the range, the Lagoon 42, which has sold more than 1,000 units and is claimed to be the most popular cruising catamaran ever produced. No pressure then!

It’s a semi flybridge model with a forward cockpit and is available in three cabin/three heads and four cabin/four head layouts. All the cabins are larger than those of the earlier boat, with bigger beds, while the saloon and cockpit areas can be configured for dining for up to 12 people. Other new features include doors in the topsides aft to allow easy access to the cockpit from a pontoon.

The full flybridge Lagoon 60 offers palatial accommodation on a near superyacht scale. It’s available in four cabin/galley below and five cabin/galley up arrangements, plus optional crew cabins forward in each hull. As reported in April, the aft cockpit can be fully opened out onto the water, including hull sides that hinge down, creating an area even wider than the yacht’s 32ft beam allows.

It is offered with Lagoon’s innovative new furling boom system, a project the company has worked on for many years to help ease sail handling.

Rapido 53XS

This Morrelli & Melvin design is a long-awaited development of the Rapido 50 ultra-fast cruising trimaran. It retains the original shape below the waterline, while additional topsides flare and a much wider coachroof create significant additional accommodation in a three-cabin layout.

At the same time, the central daggerboard of the original design is replaced by C-foils in each ama. This improves visibility from the saloon, as well as contributing to more internal space.

Despite the extra accommodation volume and complexity, displacement is only 800kg more than the Rapido 50, so performance is not compromised. The owner of the first boat to be launched, for example, expects to complete Atlantic crossings in less than 10 days.

Xquisite Sixty Solar Sail

At Annapolis Boat Show

This X60, the first of three new and very modern catamaran models launching this year from Xquisite Yachts, splashed in Cape Town earlier this summer and is due to debut at the Annapolis Boat Show in October.

It features a phenomenal 44kW lithium ion battery bank, 6kW of solar panels and 10kW of inverters for extended periods of silent running, including the ability to power many domestic style luxuries. It’s designed to be managed solo from a single helm position and features a carbon boom with furling main and retractable bimini.

The power cat version is coming to Europe this autumn and CEO Tamas Hamor says it is fitted with the most advanced hybrid propulsion system currently available on the market, which makes it capable of reaching 24 knots or providing transoceanic range at 8 knots.

At Hiswa in Water Show

This will be the first year exhibiting at Cannes for the recently formed Dutch brand Vaan, which builds contemporary cruising catamarans from circular materials, including hulls from recylced aluminium. The new 49ft R5 model won’t quite be ready in time to get to the Med – however it will be at the HISWA show and we hope to seatrial it this autumn.

The second model of the smaller R4, which is finished in bare aluminium, will instead be presented in Cannes, before it heads over to America.

This very lightweight all carbon multihull was designed from the outset as a fast cruising catamaran for world cruising with a family. This approach freed designers VPLP from many of the considerations that are necessary for the dual purpose boats that are popular in this part of the market and combine cruising with competitive racing with a large crew on board. The result is a stunningly simple, but very spacious and comfortable, high-end yacht that can be sailed by a lone watch keeper, yet can hit speeds of 25 knots when cruising. The first example is already afloat and the second is currently in build. Guide price €7,000,000. bernardgallay.com

Seawind 1170 & 1370

We have featured both of these performance cruising catamarans in detail over the last couple of years in these pages and were hoping they’d be at Cannes last year, but have yet to see them in person. Hopefully this autumn will provide the chance as they are both due to be making their European debuts at Cannes. The Australian firm, which builds in Vietnam, now has a new site in Turkey. Both boats look like really smart, feature-rich designs that offer comparatively speedy passagemaking for their size and plenty of practical thinking. The 1170 starts at US$510,000 ex VAT. seawindcats.com

This French brand has always pushed the boundaries of both internal and external space available on cruising multihulls. As a result the concept, which was first unveiled only 10 years ago, has been much emulated by other brands. The new 5.8, a full flybridge, is the largest yet and a new flagship for the range, with tangibly more volume and deck area than the older Bali 5.4.

This translates to a palatial owners suite, along with even larger galley and saloon/cockpit areas. Layouts include a private crew cabin on owner’s versions, or six cabin/six head options on charter models.

Huge tankage, plus refrigeration of up to 634 litres, make long periods of autonomy possible, even with lots of people on board.

Sunbeam 29.1

This lightweight performance centreboarder was conceived as the ultimate weekender, with a powerful yet easily handled rig.

Key aims were to combine style and flexibility with comfort both above and below decks. The interior is therefore configured to be equally as suitable for the needs of several people on an extended day trip as for a relaxed weekend on board.

Swallow BayCruiser 21

At Southampton Boat Show At Boot Düsseldorf

Many owners of yachts based in sunny or tropical climes also hanker after a more simple vessel in which to get afloat in home waters. This Welsh-built compact trailer-sailer is intended to set new standards in versatility and ease of use. An all-up weight of only 600kg means it’s a easily towed with a medium size car, while carbon spars make for quick and easy rigging, even when single-handed.

Yet this is also a boat with a two-berth cabin and space for six people in the cockpit. Draught with the keel up is only 25cm, while 400kg of water ballast helps to increase stability when the breeze increases and makes the boat self-righting in a knockdown. A proper smart yacht!

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Why was Novgorod a unique city in medieval Russia?

As the most prominent and powerful city of northwestern Rus in the Middle Ages, and being very popular with European merchants, Novgorod was unlike any other settlement in the lands of the Eastern Slavs during that era.

Traditionally, medieval Russian cities grew around the main fortress, which was the political and religious heart of the community. Novgorod, however, emerged from a union of three settlements inhabited by different Slavic tribes. For them, it became a “new city” – this is how “Novgorod” is literally translated from Russian ( Novy – “new”, and gorod – “city”).

In the 14th and 15th centuries, during its heyday as a commercial and political power, the city of Novgorod was officially known as Gospodin Velikiy Novgorod – literally “The Great Master Novgorod”. The city was almost an empire, controlling vast lands from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Ural Mountains in the east, and from the White Sea in the north to the upper Volga in the south. After Kiev, it was the second most powerful city in medieval Rus.

Commerce: Making Novgorod great

Novgorod market in the 17th century

International commerce was the foundation of Novgorod's prosperity, which truly made it great and powerful. The local craftsmen – weavers and tanners, jewelers and glass blowers, potters and foundry workers, gunsmiths and locksmiths – were famous throughout the Russian lands. But Novgorod also did a brisk trade with Western Europe via the Baltic Sea trade routes.

By the end of the 13th century, merchants from the Hanseatic League developed strong trade relations with Novgorod. The Hanseatic League was the largest trade association of merchants from major German cities situated along the Baltic and North seas, but it also maintained four representative offices outside of the German-speaking world – in Novgorod, Bruges, Bergen and London.

Guests from over the sea, Nikolai Rerikh, 1901

The German merchants came to Novgorod to make wholesale purchases, and deals were concluded at the Hanseatic League's representative office. However, a merchant from any other Russian city couldn't enter the office's territory and make deals there.

European merchants were eager to come to Novgorod to sell prized luxury goods such as wine, expensive fabrics, ornamental stones, and precious metals. In return, Novgorod sold fine and precious furs such as squirrel, weasel, and sable. Novgorod also massively exported honey, leather, wax (which Europe needed to make church candles), and walrus ivory.

Boyar republic

Velikiy Novgorod

Novgorod’s political system was unique among the myriad of city-states and principalities of medieval Rus; it was ruled by a small circle of boyar families that owned huge fiefdoms both near the city and in remote northern lands. The title of boyar in Novgorod was hereditary, a fact that distinguished the city from the rest of Russia, where the title of boyar usually was bestowed upon military commanders who were close to the Rurikid princes. The fact that Novgorod was ruled solely by locally-born aristocracy was actually a prominent feature in the principality’s unique form of republican government.

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Unlike the boyars in the rest of the Russian lands, the boyars of Novgorod weren’t military commanders. Rather, they were locally-born landowners and high-profile international traders who also were proficient in politics. The supreme authority in Novgorod was the Veche , a kind of parliament that included the wealthiest and most influential men in the city. The upper part of the Veche included at least 300 boyars – 14th century German sources report that the main assembly in Novgorod was called the "300 golden belts".

The Veche met in public on the square near the central market, and its convocation was announced by the famous Veche bell, a symbol of Novgorod’s freedom and independence. The veche was not unique to Novgorod, however, and it was also a feature of the political system in other cities of medieval Rus until the time when Moscow began to solidify control over the other principalities to form a centralized Russian state. Only in Novgorod did the Veche exist up to the 15th century.

The Veche was so powerful that it elected and could even expel the prince; it also issued laws, declared war and made peace, established taxes and duties. Also, the members of the Veche chose a posadnik , who was the managerial head of the city. He monitored whether the prince fulfilled the terms of the agreement with the city, as well as managed Novgorod’s possessions and was responsible for law enforcement, the courts, and even signed diplomatic treaties. The prince of Novgorod had to represent the city to the other Russian lands and was responsible for the city’s defense.

The political life of Novgorodians, however, was not limited to the central Veche; ordinary Novgorodians also had the chance to participate in the city’s local street and district veches. The boyars used these meetings to promote their interests and fight against their opponents.

The city’s religious authorities enjoyed great freedom ever since the people of Novgorod were able to secure autonomy for their archbishop. From the beginning of the 12th century, the Kiev bishop (known as a “metropolitan”) basically rubber stamped whatever candidate was proposed by the Novgorodians for this position. The archbishop had his own regiment for protection, participated in diplomatic negotiations and put his official seal on international agreements.

Liberty in princes

Yaroslav the Wise, Nikolai Rerikh, 1941-1942

Restriction of the rights of the princes began in Novgorod during the lifetime of Yaroslav the Wise (978 – 1054), who agreed to give special privileges to the Novgorod boyars vis-a-vis the prince in exchange for support in the struggle for control of Kiev. Novgorod did not develop a separate princely dynasty after the death of Yaroslav, because the city was at the source of the trade route "from the Varangians to the Greeks” and was closely connected with Kiev. When he died in 1054, Yaroslav the Wise bequeathed Kiev and Novgorod to his eldest son. As a result, the princely line that ruled Kiev usually chose a prince to rule in Novgorod, or Novgorod had the same prince as Kiev did.

In 1136, a rebellion in Novgorod led to the expulsion of the prince. From then on, the Novgorodians invited princes themselves and concluded a temporary agreement with them, according to which they could not interfere in the affairs of city management, change the highest officials and acquire lands on the outskirts of the Novgorod republic. In case of any violation of the agreement, the prince was expelled from the city, and the Veche selected a new candidate. Such changes more than once had a serious impact on the life of all the principalities of Rus.

Despite such treatment of the princes, all the major figures of Kievan Rus, who were the builders of the future united Russian state – from Vladimir the Great to Vladimir Monomakh – reigned in Novgorod before ascending the throne in Kiev. Symbolically, Novgorod was also the first place where Rurik reigned in Russia.

The most literate city in Russia

Birch bark letter #1

On July 26, 1951, archaeological excavations in Novgorod found the first letter written on birch bark, with a discernible text carved on the surface. In total, more than 1100 such letters were found in Novgorod and about 100 in other cities of medieval Russia.

The analysis of Novgorod’s birch-bark letters allowed scholars to reconstruct the everyday life of the city and its inhabitants over the course of the 11th to the 15th centuries, which was the golden era of the Novgorod Republic.

The texts on birch bark testify to widespread literacy among the people of Novgorod who wrote to each other often and on a variety of matters, where they discussed household affairs, commercial transactions, as well as court decisions and simply the local gossip. Both men and women were literate, which was unheard of for Western Europe at this time.

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The birch-barks showed that the position of women in Novgorod society was quite prominent, and they conducted their own affairs, concluded commercial transactions, dispatched their husbands orders, as well as appeared in court, including on financial issues; and in general were actively engaged in economic activity.

Among the letters there were also touching declarations of love, such as the famous letter written by an unknown young woman in the 12th century: "I sent to you three times. What evil do you have against me that you did not come to me?" Another birch-bark letter contains one of the first records of Russian cursing.

Novgorod's heroes, its tragic fall and legacy today

Sadko, Ilya Repin, 1876

Novgorod’s political structure and the nature of its economy created special cultural and real heroes. Unlike the characters of the Russian bylinas who spend their time lying on the stove and waiting for an opportunity to stand up for the fatherland, Novgorod's main hero, Sadko, who is a handsome man, as well as gusli player and merchant, is relentless in his pursuit of money and fame. He successfully swindles the sea tsar and wraps him around his finger, and once he is rich, he swears to buy up all Novgorod’s goods. In some versions of the legend he even succeeds.

Another atypical Novgorod hero, one not from a bylina but rather someone from real history, was the leader of the local resistance against Moscow. Marfa Boretskaya (or Marfa Posadnitsa because Marfa's second husband was a posadnik) came from an influential boyar family and owned vast tracts of land that were already in her family’s possession, as well as those lands that she inherited after the death of her first husband.

The taking away of the Novgorod Veche bell. Marfa Posadnitsa. 1889

When in the 15th century the Grand Prince of Moscow, Ivan III, began to unite the Russian lands by conquering other cities, Marfa entered into negotiations with the Lithuanian Grand Duke to propose a merger with Novgorod on the condition that it maintains its rights of autonomy.

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Having learned about the negotiations, Ivan III declared war on Novgorod, and in 1478 the republic ceased to exist. As a sign of the abolition of Novgorod’s Veche, the famous bell was taken to Moscow, and the most promised townspeople were repressed. Marfa's lands were confiscated, and she herself soon died.

Nevertheless, while Novgorod has long disappeared from the map as an independent political entity, its legacy resonates today in the modern era. At the dawn of Russian history Novogorod accepted Rurik to reign, thereby laying the foundation of Russian statehood. Also, the city and its republican form of government showed that the path to rigid centralization and the absolute power of the Grand Prince was not the only possible political path for Russia.

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