The Hanseatic Peterhof at Novgorod, 1200–1494 | Calm Bedtime History
It is the year 1392, deep in the Russian winter. On the right bank of the frozen Volkhov river, within the trading quarter of Novgorod, stands the Peterhof—a walled compound of timber buildings where German merchants from Lübeck, Bremen, and Visby have lived for nearly two centuries. The gates are locked for the night. Inside, the alderman counts the last candles. Outside, snow drifts against the stockade and the bells of St. Peter's chapel ring for compline. You are among the forty men permitted to winter here.
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