A focused population profile of Russians from Novgorod, their northwestern Russian background, closest modern genetic matches, ancestry model, and World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Russians from Novgorod are part of the northwestern Russian population, associated with the historic Novgorod region between the Baltic, Lake Ilmen, the upper Volga world, and northern forest zones. Novgorod has a major place in medieval East Slavic history.
Russian is an East Slavic language, with regional northern and northwestern dialect features historically present in the area. The region also has deeper contact with Finnic and Baltic-adjacent populations around the forest and lake zones.
As a genetic reference, Russian Novgorod should be read as a regional Russian profile rather than a single average for all Russians. It is especially useful for comparison with Yaroslavl, Tver, Ryazan, Kursk, Pskov, Kostroma, Karelian Tver, and Votian references.
In the World Genetics modern G25 table, Russian Novgorod is closest to Russian Yaroslavl, Russian Tver, Karelian Tver, Russian Ryazan, Votian, Russian Kursk, Russian Pskov, and Russian Kostroma. The result places Novgorod in a northwestern and northern Russian context with some Finnic-adjacent references nearby.
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The ancestry breakdown models deeper components, while closest matches show the modern regional context. Russian Novgorod is best interpreted as a northwestern Russian reference, close to other Russian regions and some neighboring Finnic-related references.
The heatmap should emphasize northwestern and central Russia, especially Novgorod, Tver, Yaroslavl, Ryazan, Pskov, Kostroma, and nearby Finnic-contact zones.
Yes. Russian Yaroslavl, Tver, Ryazan, Kursk, Pskov, and Kostroma appear among the closest matches.
Northwestern Russia has long-standing contact with Finnic-speaking populations, so Karelian Tver and Votian can appear close in this regional comparison.
No. It is a regional reference from northwestern Russia and should be compared with other Russian regional pages.
