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Was Novgorod a "GERMan" city or NOT???

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>By 1470, with the pro-Lithuanian faction being dominant,[82] the Novgorodian boyars questioned Ivan's sovereignty over Novgorod as their prince.[84] Novgorod negotiated with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania for a new prince to be sent over.[82] This led to Mikhailo Olelkovich, a cousin of Ivan III, to be accepted.[85] According to tradition, Marfa Boretskaya, the wife of the posadnik Isak Boretsky, was the main proponent of an alliance with Poland–Lithuania to save the republic. According to this legend, Boretskaya invited the Lithuanian princeling Mikhailo Olelkovich and asked him to become her husband and the ruler of Novgorod. She also concluded an alliance with Casimir, the king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania.

>While the extent of Boretskaya's role in the Lithuanian party is probably exaggerated, Novgorod did indeed try to turn to the king of Poland. A draft treaty, allegedly found among the loot after the Battle of Shelon River, was drawn up between Casimir and the Novgorodians.[87]