found:William C. Brumfield Russian Architecture Collection, via WWW, Sept. 22, 2008(Velikiĭ Novgorod, Novgorodskiĭ raĭon, Novgorodskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)
found:GeoNames.nga.mil web site viewed Sept. 22, 2008(Velikiy Novgorod [approved], Великий Новгород [non-roman script], Novgorod [variant], Nowgorod [variant]; PPL 58°31ʹN 031°17ʹE, in Novgorodskaya oblastʹ)
found:Kratkai︠a︡ rossiĭskai︠a︡ ėnt︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡, 2003:v. 1, p. 436 (Великий Новгород = Velikiĭ Novgorod, from late 14th to 18th c. and from 1999) v. 2, p. 703 (Novgorod, see Velikiĭ Novgorod)
found:Gorod Novgorod pereimenovan v Velikiĭ Novgorod, via ISI emerging markets database, Sept. 22, 2008:Isvestii︠a︡, May 20, 1999, p. 1 (May 19, 1999 the Duma passed the law "O pereimenovanii goroda Novgorod, administrativnogo t︠s︡entra Novgorodskoĭ oblasti v gorod Velikiĭ Novgorod")
found:Wikipedia, Dec. 8, 2008(Veliky Novgorod; Veliky Novgorod (Russian: Вели́кий Но́вгород) is the foremost historic city of North-Western Russia and the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast; in 1998, the city was officially renamed Veliky Novgorod)
notfound:Novgorod Velikiĭ v XVII v., 1986.