veche of Novgorod

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The veche of Novgorod was the powerful medieval popular assembly of the Novgorod Republic that held supreme authority over political, legislative, and military affairs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf deliberative assembly
institution of the Novgorod Republic
legislative body
medieval political institution
popular assembly
appliesToJurisdiction Novgorod Republic NERFINISHED
country Novgorod Republic NERFINISHED
describedBySource Novgorod First Chronicle NERFINISHED
Novgorod Fourth Chronicle NERFINISHED
dissolutionCause annexation of Novgorod by the Grand Duchy of Moscow
dissolvedBy Ivan III of Moscow NERFINISHED
endTime 1478
fieldOfWork foreign policy
legislation
military affairs
politics
urban governance
followed Orthodox Christian calendar
governmentForm oligarchic republic
governs Novgorod city NERFINISHED
Novgorod lands NERFINISHED
hasEffect approval of laws
conclusion of peace treaties
declaration of war
dismissal of princes from Novgorod
election of the archbishop of Novgorod
election of the posadnik
election of the tysyatsky
imposition of taxes
invitation of princes to rule in Novgorod
regulation of trade
resolution of major legal disputes
hasParticipant Novgorod boyars NERFINISHED
Novgorod clergy
Novgorod merchants
Novgorod townspeople
archbishop of Novgorod
posadnik of Novgorod
tysyatsky of Novgorod
hasRole executive authority
judicial authority
legislative authority
military authority
supreme authority
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Novgorod Republic NERFINISHED
location Novgorod NERFINISHED
partOf political system of the Novgorod Republic
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
replacedBy Muscovite central administration in Novgorod NERFINISHED
significantEvent conflicts with invited princes
political struggles between boyar factions
startTime 12th century
temporalCoverage Middle Ages
usedLanguage Old East Slavic NERFINISHED
Old Novgorodian dialect

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prince of Novgorod subordinateTo veche of Novgorod
tysyatsky subordinateTo veche of Novgorod
Council of Lords workedAlongside veche of Novgorod