Golino

Golino lies near the western shore of Lake Ilmen, in the country where the Shelon approaches the lake. Its ford appears in a chronicle account of 1270: people from Novgorod, Pskov, Ladoga and their neighbouring lands gathered at Golino and stood for a week opposite the forces of Prince Yaroslav. The episode reveals the strategic value of this crossing on the approaches to Novgorod, where a small settlement could become the meeting place of a large assembly.