tfw you are onfim, a barely literate child who becomes the avatar of medieval novgorodian literacy through a fluke of archeology
February 18, 2024 at 3:11 AM
tfw you are onfim, a barely literate child who becomes the avatar of medieval novgorodian literacy through a fluke of archeology
I was hoping to practice my Old Novgorodian today…
March 11, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I was hoping to practice my Old Novgorodian today…
Draw yourself, or whatever you like, in the style of Onfim (no AI)
February 26, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Draw yourself, or whatever you like, in the style of Onfim (no AI)
Almost full Russian Cyrillic alphabet but with the most strange-looking letter forms from the Old Novgorodian birch-bark letters.
By Maxim Persikov.
By Maxim Persikov.
August 5, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Almost full Russian Cyrillic alphabet but with the most strange-looking letter forms from the Old Novgorodian birch-bark letters.
By Maxim Persikov.
By Maxim Persikov.
The Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian-
Moldovan-Galician-Novgorodian-
Podolian-Pskovian-Silesian-Permian-
Courlandish-Karelian-Zaporozhian Commonwealth.
Moldovan-Galician-Novgorodian-
Podolian-Pskovian-Silesian-Permian-
Courlandish-Karelian-Zaporozhian Commonwealth.
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian-
Moldovan-Galician-Novgorodian-
Podolian-Pskovian-Silesian-Permian-
Courlandish-Karelian-Zaporozhian Commonwealth.
Moldovan-Galician-Novgorodian-
Podolian-Pskovian-Silesian-Permian-
Courlandish-Karelian-Zaporozhian Commonwealth.
A small correction that I have been notified of on Tumblr: Novgorod was the capital of the Novgorodian Empire and one of the largest cities in Europe, so calling it "a small town" is doing it a disservice.
July 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A small correction that I have been notified of on Tumblr: Novgorod was the capital of the Novgorodian Empire and one of the largest cities in Europe, so calling it "a small town" is doing it a disservice.
Have you heard about what their doing with the Novgorodian Cathar mothman phlegm?
If it doesn't involve [defunt political entity] [obscure ethnic group] [cryptid] [bodily fluid], I'm unimpressed in advance :)
March 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Have you heard about what their doing with the Novgorodian Cathar mothman phlegm?
Had to brush up on my Old Novgorodian and the Early Cyrillic alphabet when making this meme, but I am quite proud of the end result:
August 13, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Had to brush up on my Old Novgorodian and the Early Cyrillic alphabet when making this meme, but I am quite proud of the end result:
Today I learned about Onfim, 7-year-old 13th C Novgorodian artist, mighty warrior, and wild beast.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onfim
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onfim
Onfim - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 1, 2023 at 2:59 AM
Today I learned about Onfim, 7-year-old 13th C Novgorodian artist, mighty warrior, and wild beast.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onfim
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onfim
The Novgorodian Chronicle gives a bit different account with the Cumans sent in front of the Rus host.
The Cumans though fled before the Mongols and "the Polovets men ran away back, having accomplished nothing, and in their flight they trampled the camp of
the Russian Knyazes,
The Cumans though fled before the Mongols and "the Polovets men ran away back, having accomplished nothing, and in their flight they trampled the camp of
the Russian Knyazes,
October 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The Novgorodian Chronicle gives a bit different account with the Cumans sent in front of the Rus host.
The Cumans though fled before the Mongols and "the Polovets men ran away back, having accomplished nothing, and in their flight they trampled the camp of
the Russian Knyazes,
The Cumans though fled before the Mongols and "the Polovets men ran away back, having accomplished nothing, and in their flight they trampled the camp of
the Russian Knyazes,
And many [Polovcians] were slaugthered, [fleeing] to the river Dnieper." That´s the first account of the Mongols that appears in Rus chronicles - here the Hypatian Codex. This event is echoed in the Novgorodian Chronicle which writes "And the cursed Polovets people, the survivors 🔽
October 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
And many [Polovcians] were slaugthered, [fleeing] to the river Dnieper." That´s the first account of the Mongols that appears in Rus chronicles - here the Hypatian Codex. This event is echoed in the Novgorodian Chronicle which writes "And the cursed Polovets people, the survivors 🔽
Only 1260’s kids from Novgorod will understand…
March 11, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Only 1260’s kids from Novgorod will understand…
- The Court Language of Burgundy is not Burgundian (Anglic in CK3 terms), but Russian (East Slavic in CK3 terms). This is because Godgifu I's father was Novgorodian, and likely means that the Burgundian culture is weirdly Russophilic or Slavophilic in general.
January 22, 2026 at 12:31 AM
- The Court Language of Burgundy is not Burgundian (Anglic in CK3 terms), but Russian (East Slavic in CK3 terms). This is because Godgifu I's father was Novgorodian, and likely means that the Burgundian culture is weirdly Russophilic or Slavophilic in general.
💙💛On August 27, 1019, Yaroslav the Wise (Jaroslav Volodymyrovyč ‘Mudryj'), Grand Prince of Kyiv, and his Novgorodian army routed Sviatopolk at the Alta River and regained the Kyivan throne.
August 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
💙💛On August 27, 1019, Yaroslav the Wise (Jaroslav Volodymyrovyč ‘Mudryj'), Grand Prince of Kyiv, and his Novgorodian army routed Sviatopolk at the Alta River and regained the Kyivan throne.
i hope you became a knight, onfim
January 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
i hope you became a knight, onfim
So you claim to be a novgorodian, then? And yeah, "rus" after Roslagen. In Sweden.
And no, they weren´t: Kyiv was founded around 400-500-ish. Staraya Ladoga around 800-900. Novgorod in 1100 something.
And Ladoga was a viking trading post. Stop dressing in other peoples clothes.
And no, they weren´t: Kyiv was founded around 400-500-ish. Staraya Ladoga around 800-900. Novgorod in 1100 something.
And Ladoga was a viking trading post. Stop dressing in other peoples clothes.
December 31, 2024 at 12:58 PM
So you claim to be a novgorodian, then? And yeah, "rus" after Roslagen. In Sweden.
And no, they weren´t: Kyiv was founded around 400-500-ish. Staraya Ladoga around 800-900. Novgorod in 1100 something.
And Ladoga was a viking trading post. Stop dressing in other peoples clothes.
And no, they weren´t: Kyiv was founded around 400-500-ish. Staraya Ladoga around 800-900. Novgorod in 1100 something.
And Ladoga was a viking trading post. Stop dressing in other peoples clothes.
#OTD (Jun 03) in the year 1326: The Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark. #OTDIH #history 🗃️ #Medievalsky
Treaty of Novgorod (1326)
The Treaty of Novgorod was signed on 3 June 1326 in Novgorod and marked the end of decades of the Norwegian-Novgorodian border skirmishes in the far-northern region of Finnmark. The terms were an armistice for 10 years. A few years earlier in 1323, the Republic of Novgorod had settled its conflict with Sweden in the Treaty of Nöteborg.
en.wikipedia.org
June 3, 2025 at 7:36 AM
#OTD (Jun 03) in the year 1326: The Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark. #OTDIH #history 🗃️ #Medievalsky
April 29, 2026 at 2:14 PM
#Varraku (Varrak)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Laagna #Tondiraba
1) Character from the #Kalevipoeg: the #Lappish sage who agrees to take Kalevipoeg to the end of the world. 2) The #Viking traders, pirates, mercenaries (to 11th/13th C #Kievan and #Novgorodian princes among others), known mainly as body-
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#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Laagna #Tondiraba
1) Character from the #Kalevipoeg: the #Lappish sage who agrees to take Kalevipoeg to the end of the world. 2) The #Viking traders, pirates, mercenaries (to 11th/13th C #Kievan and #Novgorodian princes among others), known mainly as body-
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August 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#Varraku (Varrak)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Laagna #Tondiraba
1) Character from the #Kalevipoeg: the #Lappish sage who agrees to take Kalevipoeg to the end of the world. 2) The #Viking traders, pirates, mercenaries (to 11th/13th C #Kievan and #Novgorodian princes among others), known mainly as body-
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#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Laagna #Tondiraba
1) Character from the #Kalevipoeg: the #Lappish sage who agrees to take Kalevipoeg to the end of the world. 2) The #Viking traders, pirates, mercenaries (to 11th/13th C #Kievan and #Novgorodian princes among others), known mainly as body-
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I wanted some classes on Russian history so bad, part of my family originated from the Novgorodian lands. Not offered at my school. Taking classes as a visiting student is a bother.
June 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I wanted some classes on Russian history so bad, part of my family originated from the Novgorodian lands. Not offered at my school. Taking classes as a visiting student is a bother.
Just like Onfim
August 2, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Just like Onfim
Either Israel indefinitely allows fanatics who hate it about as much as Hamas does to drag it by the short hairs or it has to face the problem it's been storing up for itself. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Livonia were also on Novgorodian and Kyivan Rus' land, too.
May 6, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Either Israel indefinitely allows fanatics who hate it about as much as Hamas does to drag it by the short hairs or it has to face the problem it's been storing up for itself. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Livonia were also on Novgorodian and Kyivan Rus' land, too.
he was what in the modern day we would call an anti-imperialist and anti-clericalist who murdered christian missionaries and protected häme from swedish and novgorodian invasion and influence. a force who spat on the cross and everything it represented and killed people with his hands. way cooler
January 23, 2026 at 2:04 AM
he was what in the modern day we would call an anti-imperialist and anti-clericalist who murdered christian missionaries and protected häme from swedish and novgorodian invasion and influence. a force who spat on the cross and everything it represented and killed people with his hands. way cooler
#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 13 September 2026: “бьцела” (bĭcʹela; Old Novgorodian)—“bee; (plural only) beehive” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
September 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 13 September 2026: “бьцела” (bĭcʹela; Old Novgorodian)—“bee; (plural only) beehive” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...