RUSSIAN FEDERATION FEDERAL LAW About renaming the city of Novgorod- the administrative center of the Novgorod region the city of Veliky Novgorod Accepted by the State Duma on 19 May 1999 Article 1. Rename the city of Novgorod-the administrative center of Novgorod region to the city of Veliky Novgorod. Article 2. This Federal Law shall enter into force on the date of its official publication. President of the Russian Federation B. Yeltsin Moscow, Kremlin 11 June 1999 N 111FZ