CEVAP:

It flourished between the 12th and 15th centuries CE. It was a successful port on the eastern side of the Hanseatic League trade network. Novgorod was governed by the veche – an early democratic institution of East Slavs- until it was subsumed by the Grand Principality of Moscow in 1478.The veche had been an ancient instrument of self-governance originating from the tribal gatherings in the region.