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3 unusual facts about Pskov Oblast


Krivandino

Krivandino, Velikoluksky District, Pskov Oblast, a village in Velikoluksky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia

Pskov Oblast

The rivers in the southeast of the oblast drain into the Lovat River, which has its source in Belarus and crosses Pskov Oblast from south to north, continuing to Novgorod Oblast.

Pskovsky

Pskov Oblast (Pskovskaya oblast), a federal subject of Russia


Alexander Matrosov

According to Soviet sources, on 22 February 1943, in the battle for the village of Chernushki, currently in Loknyansky District, Pskov Oblast, Matrosov threw himself onto a German pillvox, blocking the machine-gun with his own chest, to allow his unit to advance.

Baltinava Municipality

The municipality is located in the northeast of the country and borders with Viļaka municipality in the north, Pytalovsky District of Pskov Oblast of Russia in the east, Kārsava municipality in the south, and Balvi municipality in the west.

Estonian Auxiliary Police

The 37th and 40th battalions were fighting against the partisans in the Pskov Oblast, as was the 38th battalion in the Luga-Pskov-Gdov region.

Lake Ilmen

The basin of Lake Ilmen contains vast areas in Novgorod, Pskov, and Tver Oblasts of Russia, as well as minor areas in the north of Vitebsk Region in Belarus.

Petseri County

Since 1944, however, most of the county has been administered as Pechorsky District of Pskov Oblast, first by the Russian SFSR and then, from 1991, by Russia.

Utroya River

The drainage basin of the Utroya includes areas in the northeastern Latvia, as well as almost whole Pytalkovsky District, the western part of Ostrovsky District, as well as minor areas in the western part of Krasnogorodsky District of Pskov Oblast in Russia.

Volkhov River

The drainage basin of the Volkhov includes the large parts of Novgorod and Leningrad Oblasts, as well as areas in Tver Oblast, Pskov Oblast of Russia and Vitebsk Oblast of Belarus.


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Administrative divisions of Novgorod Oblast

Podberezinsky District (with the administrative center in the selo of Podberezye) was established in 1945 as a part of Velikiye Luki Oblast, moved in 1957 to Pskov Oblast, and abolished in 1958, being split between Kholmsky, Loknyansky, Velikoluksky, and Ploshoshsky Districts.

Kunyinsky District

The two big lakes in the district, Lake Zhizhitskoye and Lake Dvinye-Velinskoye, which are two biggest lakes of Pskov Oblast after Lake Peipus, also belong to the basin of the Western Dvina.

Mikhalki

Mikhalki, Russia, a village in Velikoluksky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia

Velikaya River

The drainage basin of the Velikaya comprises vast areas in the west and southwest of Pskov Oblast, as well as in the east of Latvia and in the north of the Vitebsk Region of Belarus.