The big bell of St. Sophia Cathedral, Novgorod, which was buried by Russian patriots when the city was overrun and occupied by the German armies. It has been dug up and is now being restored to the cathedral belfry. This famous bell was cast in the seventeenth century and weighs more than 1600 poods fovei"2s tons).
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 40, 16 August 1944, Page 4
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56The big bell of St. Sophia Cathedral, Novgorod, which was buried by Russian patriots when the city was overrun and occupied by the German armies. It has been dug up and is now being restored to the cathedral belfry. This famous bell was cast in the seventeenth century and weighs more than 1600 poods fovei"2s tons). Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 40, 16 August 1944, Page 4
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