Kholm is a
town and the
administrative center of
Kholmsky District in
Novgorod Oblast,
Russia, located at the
confluence of the
Lovat and
Kunya Rivers, north of
Toropets, southwest of
Staraya Russa, and south of
Veliky Novgorod, the administrative center of the
oblast. Population:
History
The
Lovat River was a part of the
trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks, one of the oldest trading routes passing through
Rus'. The settlement was first mentioned in 1144 as
Kholmsky pogost . During the Middle Ages, the town, then a seat of the Princes of Kholm, withstood innumerable sieges by Lithuanians, Poles, and Swedes.