Burga

Burga takes its name from the small river that runs past it through the forests east of the Volkhov. It is mentioned as a pogost in the sixteenth century, one of the church centres around which Novgorod’s rural districts were organised. Such a centre brought together a church, burial ground and the surrounding villages. The river and its wooded banks place Burga within the network of streams draining the country between the Volkhov and the Msta.