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the Novgorod Republic officially became a thing of the past.
This is off by nearly a century. The Novgorod Republic ceased to exist when Muscovy annexed Novgorod in 1478, not after Ivan IV's 1570 massacre.
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The article places the end of the Novgorod Republic in the aftermath of the 1570 massacre, but standard historical references date the republic's end to 1478.
- Encyclopedia of Russian History states that Novgorod existed as a city-state until its annexation by Muscovy in 1478, and specifically says that in 1478 Ivan III "removed the symbolic veche bell, replaced Novgorod's local officials with his own governors, and effectively annexed Novgorod to Muscovy."
- A University of Washington chronology of Novgorod's political history likewise lists "1478 Novgorod annexed by Moscow" and then separately lists 1570 as the year when Ivan IV devastated the city.
So the massacre of 1570 may have deepened Novgorod's decline, but it did not mark the point when the Novgorod Republic "officially became a thing of the past"; that political entity had already ended about 92 years earlier, in 1478.
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- Novgorod the Great | Encyclopedia.com
Novgorod the Great was a city-state located in northwestern Russia, existing from the mid-tenth century to its annexation by Muscovy in 1478... In 1478 he removed the symbolic veche bell, replaced Novgorod's local officials with his own governors, and effectively annexed Novgorod to Muscovy.
- Chronology of Novgorod's Political History
1456 After defeat by Moscow, Novgorod forced to sign Treaty of Iazhelbitsy... 1478 Novgorod annexed by Moscow. 1570 Ivan IV and his oprichnina army devastate Novgorod.