#bloghipstointhecity. Continuation

As I already said, we left quite early for a Saturday. But everyone stood up with dignity. Of course, one day is not enough, but we managed to visit the main historical places and objects. Everyone was very pleasantly surprised by the city tour, I’ll tell you about that a little further.

I realized how much fun it really was on the road only upon returning from Novgorod (Veliky). I was just simply worried: that everything would go perfectly, that everyone would enjoy the trip and that everyone would return safe and sound. After all, before the excursion around Novgorod, we stopped at the Flyderer chipboard (chipboard) plant. Production at the plant is fully automated and quite dangerous. Unfortunately, it was not possible to take photographs everywhere, especially in production workshops. Many photo sensors did not allow the use of photographic equipment. One camera flash would be enough to stop production for several hours, and this is an unaffordable “luxury” for a company that stops only two weeks a year for repairs and adjustments of equipment. The accuracy of the conveyor belts is very high. This could be clearly observed when the finished slab, exactly one to one, is folded for packaging and sending to the finished product warehouse. But before you get the finished chipboard, a so-called “pie” of sawdust is prepared, which, under the influence of temperature and pressure, turns into a chipboard.

This is what the press looks like from the camera room.

Unfortunately, we were not able to visit the workshop itself, there were simply too many of us. I myself once worked in production and I know that all sorts of excursions there are just a real disaster for workers. I'm exaggerating of course, but there is some truth in this. Before our visit to the Flyderer, I assessed, let’s say, the situation at the plant. Here he was in the pressing shop . Actually the “pie” itself on the conveyor belt

And you know what’s most interesting, everything is perfectly clean all around. The production is a fire hazard, but I’m sure the Germans are “to blame” for the cleanliness. We didn’t have time to get to the finished product warehouse in time, but now we have a reason to visit the plant again, and by two o’clock in the afternoon the guides were already waiting for us at the Novgorod Kremlin. And not simple ones, but mummers - mayor Buslay and Zabava Putyatishna.

In the first minutes we were somewhat stunned by such an unusual start to our excursion route. But Zabava Putyatishna calmed the tension with her jokes.

Having laughed a lot, the mayor led us to show us his possessions - the Kremlin and on the other bank of the Volkhov River " Yaroslav's Dvorishche ".

Pavel has just a mega post about this part of the excursion. Our guide, in the ancient Russian style, told everything so interestingly and theatrically that even in the Kremlin a decent number of people flocked to us, also listening to him with great interest. The spectacle was fascinating.

Posadnik talks about the monument to the 1000th anniversary of Russia .

We listen with open mouths.

We moved to the left bank of the Volkhov River, the trading part of ancient Novgorod. There are many temples here that were intended not only for prayer. Merchants stored their goods in them, since churches were not taxed.

At the Hanseatic Fountain the first part of our excursion route came to an end and the mayor said goodbye to us. And if you’re in Novgorod, go on an excursion to him, you won’t regret it.

Our bus was already waiting for us and we moved on. The next most interesting object was the Peryn Skete church. In ancient times, there was one of the largest pagan sanctuaries of the Eastern Slavs there - the temple of the thunder god Perun. After the baptism of Novgorod, which occurred in 991, a Christian temple was built on the site of a pagan temple, then a monastery , which was devastated by the Swedes in 1611.

It is impossible to see everything in one day, time was running out and we went to see another architectural masterpiece, St. George's Monastery. It was founded in 1030 by the son of the Equal-to-the-Apostles Baptist of Rus', the Orthodox Russian prince Yaroslav the Wise.

Yaroslav Vladimirovich in holy baptism bore the name George and deeply revered his heavenly patron; in the name of the holy warrior-martyr he created monasteries in Kyiv and Novgorod. From the beginning of the Christianization of Rus' and throughout its history, St. George becomes an endlessly revered protector of the Fatherland and the Russian princely house.

St. George's Cathedral, second in size only to St. Sophia of Novgorod is rightfully one of the treasures of Russian medieval architecture.

A small part of the original painting has been preserved in the cathedral window.

The cathedral is being gradually restored, since it was given to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1991, in a deplorable state . Another reason to return to Novgorod is the Vitoslavlitsy Museum of Wooden Architecture. We didn't make it in time either. It is located right next to the Yuriev Monastery.

After some time, we already gathered at the Information Communications Agency (AIC). There we had an appointment with Federation Council Senator Alexander Korovnikov @a_korovnikov . Many thanks to the director of AIK Dmitry Vertkov @VertkovD . He provided us with a press conference room to meet with the senator.

The meeting was agreed upon using Twitter . The senator periodically tweets, answers questions from citizens and resolves various work issues. So it was quite interesting to talk to a politician about his experience using Twitter in his work.

The first question from bloggers is: “Why do you need Twitter?”

Valera asked about the comfort of communication on Twitter...

Pavel @Komen_dant raised an issue of local importance and about assistance in supporting the reconstruction of the actions of the 2nd Shock Army during the Second World War.

This is basically the dialogue the bloggers had with the senator, Alexander Korovnikov. As a result of the meeting, we agreed that if certain circumstances came together, he would be very happy to meet with us again, and possibly in St. Petersburg. I thank him very much for having half an hour of free time to talk to us.

Then we went to lunch and dinner at the same time, after which we headed back to St. Petersburg. It turned out to be an interesting trip, very interesting indeed. And of course thanks to all participants , without you none of this would have happened.