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What is the oldest old city in Russia? and got a better answer
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Shrub
Shrub
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Well if you consider that Rurik sat in Novgorod, then Novgorod. The other cities weren't Rus' then.
Well if you consider that Rurik sat in Novgorod, then Novgorod. The other cities weren't Rus' then.
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Kerch was over two and a half thousand years old.
Kerch was over two and a half thousand years old.
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Derbent
Derbent
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Kerch.
Kerch.
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The oldest cities are Rostov Velikiy Murom and Smolensk, as well as Velikiy Novgorod. All of them have existed since the early Middle Ages and are mentioned in the earliest East Slavic chronicles.
The oldest cities are Rostov Velikiy Murom and Smolensk, as well as Velikiy Novgorod. All of them have existed since the early Middle Ages and are mentioned in the earliest East Slavic chronicles.