ABSTRACT
The merchants and peasants of Novgorod began the eastward search for trade and land in the ninth century. The fur trade in particular, which brought Novgorod great prosperity, 1 depended upon the rivers and portages 6f the north east
The merchants and peasants of Novgorod began the eastward search for trade and land in the ninth century. The fur trade in particular, which brought Novgorod great prosperity, 1 depended upon the rivers and portages 6f the north east