Yazhelbitsy

Yazhelbitsy
Яжелбицы
View of the village, April 2010
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Yazhelbitsy
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Yazhelbitsy
Yazhelbitsy (Novgorod Oblast)
Coordinates: 58°02′N 32°58′E / 58.033°N 32.967°E / 58.033; 32.967
CountryRussia
Federal subjectNovgorod Oblast
Population
 • Estimate 
(2010)
1,402 )
 • Capital ofYazhelbitsky Rural Settlement
 • Municipal districtValdaysky District
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code
175411
Dialing code+7 81666
OKTMO ID49608449101

Yazhelbitsy (Russian: Яжелбицы) is a village (selo) in Valdaysky District of Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the M 10 highway 75 miles (121 km) south-east of Veliky Novgorod.

It was the site of the 1456 Treaty of Yazhelbitsy between Grand Prince Vasily II (r. 1425–1462) and Novgorod the Great, in which Novgorod's political independence was strictly curtailed. Failure to abide by the treaty led to Novgorod's defeat at Shelon River in 1471 and its final subjugation by Moscow in 1478.