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Type: City with 189,000 residents. Description: city and administrative center of Pskov Oblast in northwestern Russia. Categories: urban okrug in Russia, Hanseatic city, city or town, big city and locality. Location: Pskov Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe. View on OpenStreetMap. Latitude. 57.8174° or 57° 49' 3 ...
Pskov. / 57.817°N 28.333°E / 57.817; 28.333. Pskov (Russian: Псков, IPA: [pskof] ⓘ; see also names in other languages) is a city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, located about 20 kilometers (12 mi) east of the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River.
- July 23
- Russia
- 45 m (148 ft)
- Pskov Oblast
Pskov is one of the oldest Russian towns, being first mentioned in a chronicle of the year 903 as Pleskov. The town became important in the Middle Ages as a centre for trade between the interior of Russia and the Hanseatic seaports of the Baltic. A kremlin (citadel) called the Krom was established on a promontory in the town beside the Velikaya.
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Geography. Pskov Oblast is the westernmost federal subject of contiguous Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast, while located further to the west, is an exclave). It borders with Leningrad Oblast in the north, Novgorod Oblast in the east, Tver and Smolensk Oblasts in the southeast, Vitebsk Oblast of Belarus in the south, and with the counties of Latvia (Alūksne Municipality, Balvi Municipality, and ...
Jul 18, 2017 · Pskov Oblast is located in the north-west of the Russian Plain. This land is rich in lakes (more than 3,000), small and large rivers that are favorable for fishing and water tourism. Most of the lakes are located in the southern part of the region. Lake Peipus (Pskovsko-Chudskoye), located on the border between Estonia and Russia, is the fifth ...
Section of the kremlin wall, Pskov city, Russia. 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 - Rússia. Pskov - Rússia. Open full screen to view more. This map was created by a user. Learn how to create your own. ...
