Nereditsa Church

For centuries, the church served as a major religious center for the Novgorod region. The interior was decorated with a comprehensive fresco program completed shortly after the building's construction, reflecting the high artistic standards of the Novgorod school.

During the German occupation of the Novgorod region, the church was situated on the front line. It suffered catastrophic damage from artillery fire, resulting in the collapse of the roof and significant portions of the walls, which led to the loss of much of the original fresco cycle.

Post-war restoration efforts began in the late 1940s to stabilize the ruins. Subsequent decades involved meticulous work to recover and reassemble thousands of fresco fragments, allowing for a partial reconstruction of the original mural program.