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3 unusual facts about Pestovo, Pestovsky District, Novgorod Oblast


Borovichi

There are road connections to Tikhvin (via Lyubytino), Okulovka, and Pestovo.

Ustyuzhna

Ustyuzhna is also connected by roads with Tver via Vesyegonsk, with Bezhetsk via Sandovo, and with Borovichi via Pestovo.

Vesyegonsk

There, it connects to the railway running between Moscow and Mga via Krasny Kholm and Pestovo.


Kushaverskoye peat narrow gauge railway

The Kushaverskoye peat railway emerged in the 1967s, in the area of Khvoyninsky District, Novgorod Oblast.

Paul-Werner Hoppe

In the spring of 1942, he received a severe leg wound in fighting the Red Army near Lake Ilmen in the Demyansk Pocket in Novgorod Oblast, U.S.S.R.

Pestovsky District

The region experienced an influx of settlers in the 13th century, when peasants were fleeing the Mongols.

Sonkovo

One, running from south to north, connects Moscow with Mga via Krasny Kholm and Pestovo.


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