Kitezh
Sign in to saveKitezh () is a legendary and mythical city beneath the waters of Lake Svetloyar in the Voskresensky District of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in central Russia. Reference to Kitezh appears for the first time in Kitezh Chronicle, an anonymous book from the late 18th century, believed to have originated among the Old Believers.
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- Russian Empire
- Located in
- Voskresensky District
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- Kitezh
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- located in/on physical feature
- Lake Svetloyar
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Kitezh () is a legendary and mythical city beneath the waters of Lake Svetloyar in the Voskresensky District of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in central Russia. Reference to Kitezh appears for the first time in Kitezh Chronicle, an anonymous book from the late 18th century, believed to have originated among the Old Believers.
==The legend==
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