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- December 29 [ O.S. December 18], 1708 Tsar Peter the Great issued an edict which established seven governorates. The north of the present area of Pskov Oblast, which at the time belonged to Russia, was a part of Ingermanland Governorate, which was renamed Saint Petersburg Governorate in 1710.
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The north of the present area of Pskov Oblast, which at the time belonged to Russia, was a part of Ingermanland Governorate, which was renamed Saint Petersburg Governorate in 1710. In 1727, a separate Novgorod Governorate was established, and the area was transferred there.
1920 - Pskov State Theatre active. [citation needed] 1930's - Pskov Airport founded. 1939 - Population: 59,898. 1940 - June: Soviet 8th Army invaded Estonia and Latvia from the city. 1941 9 July: City occupation by German forces begins; City renamed "Pleskau." Pskov Orthodox Mission begins. Famine.
In 1949, renamed Usmynsky, the administrative center moved to Usmyn, since 1957 in Pskov Oblast. Abolished in 1957, merged into Kunyinsky District; Ust-Dolyssky District (the selo of Ust-Dolyssy ), established in 1928, Leningrad Oblast, since 1929 in Western Oblast Oblast, abolished in 1930, split between Nevelsky and Pustoshkinsky Districts.
Pskov, oblast (province), northwestern Russia. It occupies an area of 21,400 square miles (55,300 square km) in the lowland basins of the Lovat, Shelon, and Velikaya rivers, with intervening low, morainic uplands. Much of the surface is covered by peat bog, grass marsh, and lakes—notably Lake
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Pskov, city and administrative centre of Pskov oblast (region), northwestern Russia. The city lies along the Velikaya (Great) River at its confluence with the small Pskova River, at a point 9 miles (14 km) above the Velikaya’s outfall into Lake Pskov. Pskov is one of the oldest Russian towns, being first mentioned in a chronicle of the year ...
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1Department of Geography, Pskov State University, Lenin Sq. 2, 180000, Pskov, Russia, 2Department of Marketing and Analytics, ... Oblast was renamed the Smolensk Oblast.
Pskov ; see also names in other languages) is a city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, located about 20 kilometers east of the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. Population: 193,082 ; Pskov is one of the oldest cities in Russia. During the Middle Ages, it served as the capital of the Pskov Republic and was a trading post of the Hanseatic League before ...
