Боровичи / Borovichi: around 1905

Дореволюционная Россия на фотографиях Боровичи около 1905 г. Pre-revolutionary Russia in photographs Borovichi around 1905 Music: Minuet by V. Kalinnikov Borovichi is a city in the Novgorod region of Russia and is of regional significence. The city lies on the River Msta and is 194 km from Veliky Novgorod. The Msta River was an important waterway since at least the 10th century, since it connected Novgorod with the basins of the Volga and the Northern Dvina Rivers. The first settlement dayes to around the end of the 15th century and by 1564 was a a commercial and industrial settlement. Catherine the Great assigned city status to Borovichi in 1770. In 1786, the school opened a hospital and water communications. In 1787, classes began in a small public school . In 1905, the first arch bridge in Russia was built in Borovichi across the Msta