NOVOGOROD VELICKI, or Great Novogorod, a rich and very large town of the Russian empire, and capital of a duchy of the same name, with an archbishop's see, and a castle where the archbishop and the waiwode reside. It is commonly called the grand magazine, because hither they bring their rich merchandises that come from the Levant. It contains 180 churches and monasteries, and carries on a great trade in Russia leather. It is seated on the river Wolcoss, near the lake Honen. E. Long. 33. 40. N. Lat. 58. 23.