Administrative divisions of Pskov Oblast

Administratively, the Pskov region is divided into two cities and villages of significance and twenty-four districts.
In terms of population, the largest administrative districts are Pskovsky district (34,323 in 2010) and Ostrovsky district (31,096), the smallest is Usvyatsky district (5,598).[3]

In terms of area, the largest administrative district is Bezhanitsky District (3,535 square kilometers (1,365 sq mi)), the smallest is Pushkinogorsky District (1,059 square kilometers (409 sq mi)).

Administrative and municipal formation

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Story

Historically, the entire territory of the region depended on the Novgorod Republic and was annexed by the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the 15th-16th centuries. The southern part of the region was the scene of fighting and often changed hands before landing in Poland towards the end of the 16th century. December 29 [OPERATING SYSTEMS. December 18], 1708 Tsar Peter the Great issued a decree that established seven provinces.[4][5] No description of provincial boundaries is provided; instead, their territory was defined as the collection of cities and the lands adjacent to those cities. The current territory of the Pskov region was part of the Ingermanland province, which was renamed. St. Petersburg province in 1710. The governorates were divided into counties and counties into volosts. In 1727, the Novgorod province was founded. It was divided into five regions, and the current territory of the Novgorod region was divided between two of them - Pskov and Velikiye Luki. In 1772, after the First Partition of Poland, vast territories that previously belonged to Poland were annexed by Russia, and to accommodate them, the Pskov Governorate, with its center in Opochka, as well as the Pskov and Velikoluksky regions, with the exception of Gdovsky district, were transferred to the Pskov Governorate . The entire current territory of the Pskov region belonged to the Pskov province, with the exception of the territories that currently belong to the Gdovsky, Plyussky and Strugo-Krasnensky districts. They belonged to the province of St. Petersburg. [6] Porkhovsky district Until 1776 it belonged to the Novgorod province, then it was transferred to the Pskov province.

The Pskov province turned out to be too large for proper administration, and in 1776 a decree of Empress Catherine the Great was issued. He divided the province into Pskov and Polotsk provinces. Pskov became the administrative center of the Pskov province. In 1777, the Pskov province was transformed into the Pskov governorship. In 1796, the governorship was abolished, and Emperor Paul I issued a decree restoring the Pskov province.[6]

The south of the Pskov region was transferred to the Polotsk province, which in 1777 became the Polotsk governorship. In 1796, the governorship was abolished, and the territory was transferred to the Belarusian province; from 1802 to Vitebsk province. After 1919, the Vitebsk province was part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.[7] In 1924, the Vitebsk province was abolished, and Sebezh, Nevelsk and Velizh districts were transferred to the Pskov province.

In 1920, the Tartu Peace Treaty established the border between Russia and independent Estonia, and the territories that now make up the Pechora region, together with the city of Pechora, were transferred to Estonia. In the same year, the Treaty of Riga established the border between Russia and Latvia, part of the Pskov province was transferred to Latvia.

On August 1, 1927, during the administrative reform, the Pskov and St. Petersburg provinces were abolished, and all territories that currently belonged to the Pskov region and then belonged to the Soviet Union became part of the Leningrad region. The region was divided into districts, and the current territory of the Pskov region was divided between Pskov and Velikiye Luki. On June 17, 1929, the Velikoluksky District was transferred to the Western Region, a huge administrative unit with its center in Smolensk. In 1930, the districts were also abolished, and the districts were directly subordinated to the regions. In 1935, the northern part of the Western Region was transferred to the newly created Kalinin Region. The territories that now make up the Usvyatsky district and the southern part of the Kuniinsky district remained in the Western region until its abolition in 1937, after which they were transferred to the Smolensk region.[8]

In the summer of 1941, during the Second World War, the current area of ​​the Pskov region was occupied by German troops. Most of it was not liberated until the summer of 1944. After liberation, the administrative division of the Soviet Union was significantly changed. On August 22, 1944, the Velikiye Luki region was founded with its center in Velikiye Luki, and the next day, on August 23, 1944, the Pskov region was formed. In 1945, part of the territories was transferred from the Estonian and Latvian SSR to the Pskov region and formed three districts: Pechora, Pytalovsky and Kachanovsky district. Together, the Pskov and Velikoluksk regions now included all the territories that currently make up the Pskov region. On October 2, 1957, the Velikiye Luki region was abolished and divided between the Pskov and Kalinin regions. As of October 1957, the Pskov region also included the Kholmsky and Ploskoshsky districts, which in July 1958 were transferred to the Novgorod and Kalinin regions, respectively.

In the mid-1960s, the region underwent an interrupted Khrushchev administrative reform, when the districts were first divided into large agro-industrial districts, and a few years later they were abolished, and the region received a district structure somewhat different from the previous one. reform.

Abolished areas

After 1927 (with the exception of the failed reform of 1963-1966), the boundaries between districts were sometimes changed, and some were abolished as a result. This list included areas that existed in the current region of the Pskov region.[8]

• Ashevsky district (administrative center in the village of Chikhachevo) Kalinin region, formed in 1936, since 1944 in the Pskov region, abolished in 1963, merged into the Bezhanitsky district;
• Chikhachevsky district (village of Chikhachevo) Leningrad region, formed in 1927, abolished in 1932, divided into Dedovichsky and Bezhanitsky districts;
• Idritsky district (Idritsa settlement) Leningrad region, formed in 1927, from 1929 in the Western region, abolished in 1932, divided into Sebezhsky and Pustoshkinsky districts. Recreated in 1936 in the Kalinin region, from 1944 in the Velikoluksk region, from 1957 in the Pskov region, abolished in 1959, annexed to the Sebezh region;
• Kachanovsky district (Kachanovo village), Pskov region, formed in 1945, abolished in 1958, divided between Pechora and Palkinsky districts;
• Karamyshevsky district (Karamyshevo village) Leningrad region, formed in 1927, abolished in 1931, annexed to the Pskov region. The Leningrad region was restored in 1935, from 1944 in the Pskov region, abolished in 1963, divided between the Pskov and Porkhov regions;
• Kudeversky district (Kudever village), Leningrad region, formed in 1927, abolished in 1931, annexed to the Novorzhevsky district. Recreated in 1935 in the Kalinin region, from 1944 in the Velikoluksk region, from 1957 in the Pskov region, abolished in 1958, divided between Bezhanitsky, Novorzhevsky, Opochetsky and Pustoshkinsky districts;
• Lovatsky district (village of Troitsa-Khlavitsa), formed in 1927 as the Troitsky district of the Leningrad region, renamed in 1930 as Lovatsky district, abolished in 1930, divided into Kholmsky and Loknyansky districts;
• Lyadsky district (the village of Lyady), created in 1927 in the Leningrad region, since 1944 in the Pskov region, abolished in 1959, divided into Plyussky and Gdovsky districts;
• Nasvinsky district (Nasva settlement), created in 1927 in the Leningrad region, since 1929 in the Western region, abolished in 1932, divided into Loknyansky, Velikoluksky and Novosokolnichesky districts;
• Novoselsky district (Novoselye village), formed in 1927, Leningrad region, abolished in 1932, became part of the Strugo-Krasnensky district. Restored in 1935, from 1944 in the Pskov region, abolished in 1959, merged into the Strugo-Krasnensky district.
• Pavsky district (village of Pavi), Pskov region, formed in 1946, abolished in 1959, divided between Strugo-Krasnensky and Porkhovsky districts;
• Podberezinsky district (the village of Podberezye), formed in 1945 in the Velikoluksky region, since 1957 in the Pskov region, abolished in 1958, divided into Kholmsky, Loknyansky, Velikoluksky and Ploskoshsky districts;
• Polnovsky district (Polna village), formed in 1927 in the Leningrad region, since 1944 in the Pskov region, abolished in 1958, annexed to the Gdovsky district;
• Porechevsky district (Porechye village), created in 1927, Leningrad region, since 1929 in the Western region, abolished in 1930, divided into Velikoluksky, Nevelsky and Usvyatsky districts. Restored in 1945 as the Porechensky district of the Velikoluksky region, since 1957 in the Pskov region, abolished in 1959, merged into the Velikoluksky district.
• Pozherevitsky district (village of Pozherevitsy), created in 1939 in the Leningrad region, since 1944 in the Pskov region, abolished in 1958, divided into Dedovichsky and Ashevsky districts;
• Rudnensky district (Rudno village, since 1930 in the village of Vyskatka), created in 1927, Leningrad region, abolished in 1933, divided between Gdovsky and Osminsky districts;
• Rykovsky district (the village of Skokovo), created in 1927 in the Leningrad region, since 1929 in the Western region, abolished in 1930, divided into Nasvinsky, Loknyansky, Novosokolnichesky and Pustoshkinsky districts;
• Seredkinsky district (Seryodka village), created in 1927 in the Leningrad region, since 1944 in the Pskov region, abolished in 1958, divided into Gdovsky and Pskovsky districts;
• Slavkovsky district (village of Slavkovichi), formed in 1927 in the Leningrad region, since 1944 in the Pskov region, abolished in 1959, annexed to the Karamyshevsky district;
• Soshikhinsky district (Vorontsovo village), created in 1935, Leningrad region, since 1944 in the Pskov region, abolished in 1959, divided into Ostrovsky and Novorzhevsky districts;
• Usmynsky district (Usmin village), created in 1927, Leningrad region, since 1929 in the Western region, abolished in 1930, divided into Velizh and Usvyatsky districts. Restored in 1945 as the Prikhabsky district of the Velikiy Luki region with the administrative center in the village. Prihabs. In 1949, it was renamed Usminsky, the administrative center moved to Usmin, and since 1957 it has been in the Pskov region. Abolished in 1957, merged into the Kuniinsky district;
• Ust-Dolysy district (Ust-Dolysy village), created in 1928, Leningrad region, since 1929 in the Western region, abolished in 1930, divided into Nevelsky and Pustoshkinsky districts. Restored in 1952, Velikolukskaya region, with the administrative center in the village. Prihabs. In 1949, it was renamed Usminsky, the administrative center moved to Usmin, and since 1957 it has been in the Pskov region. Abolished in 1959, divided between Nevelsky and Pustoshkinsky districts;
• Vyborg district (Vybor village), created in 1927, Leningrad region, abolished in 1932, divided into Slavkovsky and Novorzhevsky districts.

The territory of the Lovatsky district is currently divided between the Pskov and Novgorod regions. The territory of the Podberezinsky district is divided between the Pskov, Tver and Novgorod regions. The territory of the Rudnensky district is divided between the Pskov and Leningrad regions.

Renamed areas

In 1937, Pushkinsky district was renamed Pushkinogorsky district.

Administrative-territorial division of the Pskov region

See also: Area and population of municipalities of the Pskov region

Bezhanitsky district

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of November 6, 2009 No. 918-OZ[13], the rural settlements of Ashevskaya and Novo-Kuznetsovskaya volosts were united into the rural settlement of Ashevskoye; Makhnovskaya and Dvoritskaya volosts - to the rural settlement of Porechenskoye; the urban settlement of Krasny Luch and the rural settlement of Tsevelskaya volost - to the rural settlement of Polistovskoye.

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of March 30, 2015 No. 1508-OZ, the rural settlements of Porechenskoye, Kudeverskaya and Bezhanitskaya volosts were united into the rural settlement of Bezhanitskoye; and the rural settlements of Ashevskoye, Dobryvichi and Chikhachevskaya volosts - into the rural settlement of Chikhachevskoye[14].

Velikoluksky district

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of December 10, 2014 No. 1465-OZ, Peresleginskaya and Goritskaya volosts were merged into Peresleginskaya volost; Lychevskaya and Uspenskaya volosts - to Lychevskaya volost; Porechenskaya, Borkovskaya and Kupuyskaya volosts - to Porechenskaya volost; Shelkovskaya, Cherpesskaya, Maryinskaya and Bukrovskaya volosts - to Shelkovskaya volost[15][16].

Gdovsky district

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of March 30, 2015 No. 1508-OZ, Polnovskaya and Pervomaiskaya volosts were merged into Polnovskaya volost[14].

Dedovichi district

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of November 6, 2009 No. 918-OZ[13], Pozherevitskaya, Dubrovskaya and Sorokinskaya volosts were merged into Pozherevitskaya volost; Shelonskaya and Stankovskaya - to Shelonskaya volost; Vyazevskaya and Krasnogorskaya volosts - to Vyazevskaya volost; Dubishenskaya and Krutetskaya volosts - to Dubishenskaya volost; Sosonskaya and Chernetsovskaya volosts - to Sosonskaya volost.

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of March 30, 2015 No. 1508-OZ[14], Vyazevskaya and Sosonskaya volosts were united into Vyazevskaya volost, and Shelonskaya and Dubishenskaya - into Shelonskaya volost.

Dnovsky district

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of March 30, 2015 No. 1508-OZ, the urban settlement of Dno and the rural settlement of Lukomskaya volost were merged into the urban settlement of Dno; Vysskaya and Morinskaya volosts - to the rural settlement of Vysskaya volost; Iskrovskaya and Gavrovskaya volosts - to the rural settlement of Iskrovskaya volost[14].

Krasnogorodsky district

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of November 6, 2009 No. 918-OZ[13], the Krasnogorodskaya and Grainskaya volosts were merged into the Krasnogorodskaya volost; Partizanskaya and Ilinskaya volosts - to Partizanskaya volost; Pogranichnaya and Pokrovskaya volosts - to Pogranichnaya volost.

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of March 30, 2015 No. 1508-OZ[14], the Krasnogorodskaya and Partizanskaya volosts were merged into the Krasnogorodskaya volost.

Kunyinsky district

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of March 30, 2015 No. 1508-OZ, the Pukhnovskaya and Dolgovitskaya volosts were merged into the Pukhnovskaya volost, and the Botalovskaya, Ushitskaya, Slepnevskaya and Nazimovskaya volosts into the newly formed Kuninskaya volost[14].

Loknyansky district

According to the Law of the Pskov Region dated March 30, 2015 No. 1508-OZ, Mikhailovskaya, Loknyanskaya and Miritinitskaya volosts were merged into Mikhailovskaya volost; and Samolukovskaya and Alekseevskaya volosts - to Samolukovskaya volost[14].

Nevelsky district

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of March 30, 2015 No. 1508-OZ, Artyomovskaya, Lobkovskaya and Lekhovskaya volosts were merged into Artyomovskaya volost; Ivanovskaya and Goluboozerskaya volosts - to Ivanovskaya volost; Turichinskaya and Novokhovanskaya volosts - to Turichinskaya volost; Ust-Dolysskaya and Trekhalevskaya volosts - to Ust-Dolysskaya volost[14].

Novorzhevsky district

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of March 30, 2015 No. 1508-OZ, Barutskaya, Makarovskaya and Zhadritskaya volosts were merged into the newly formed Novorzhevskaya volost; Vekhnyanskaya and Orsha volosts - Vekhnyanskaya volost; Vyborskaya, Veskinskaya and Stekhnovskaya volosts - to Vyborskaya volost[14].

Novosokolniki district

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of March 30, 2015 No. 1508-OZ, Bologovskaya, Novosokolnicheskaya, Okniyskaya and Pervomaiskaya volosts were merged into the newly formed Prigorodnaya volost; Mayevskaya and Runovskaya volosts - to Mayevskaya volost; Nasvinskaya and Gorozhanskaya volosts - to Nasvinskaya volost[14].

Opochetsky district

By the Law of the Pskov Region of November 6, 2009 No. 918-OZ[13], the municipalities “Bolgatovskaya volost” and “Dukhnovskaya volost” were merged into “Bolgatovskaya volost”.

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of March 30, 2015 No. 1508-OZ, Varyginskaya and Matyushkinskaya volosts were merged into Varyginskaya volost; Prigorodnaya and Makushinskaya volosts - to Prigorodnaya volost; Glubokovskaya and Zvonskaya volosts - to Glubokovskaya volost[14].

Ostrovsky district

By the Law of the Pskov Region of November 6, 2009 No. 918-OZ[13], the municipalities were merged: “Goraiskaya volost” and “Sineretskaya volost” into “Goraiskaya volost”; “Berezhanskaya volost” and “Rubilovskaya volost” to “Berezhanskaya volost”

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of March 30, 2015 No. 1508-OZ, Gorodishchenskaya and Volkovskaya volosts were merged into the newly formed Ostrovskaya volost; and Vorontsovskaya and Shikovskaya volosts - to Vorontsovskaya volost[14].

Palkinsky district

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of March 30, 2015 No. 1508-OZ, Kachanovskaya and Rodovskaya volosts were merged into Kachanovskaya volost; Palkinskaya and Vasilyevskaya volosts - to Palkinskaya volost[14].

Pechora district

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of March 30, 2015 No. 1508-OZ, the urban settlement of Pechory, the rural settlements of Izborskaya volost and Panikovskaya volost were united into the urban settlement of Pechory; and the rural settlements of Kruppskaya and Kuleiskaya volosts - into the rural settlement of Kruppskaya volost[14].

Plyussky district

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of March 30, 2015 No. 1508-OZ, the urban settlement of Plyussa and the rural settlement of Plyusskaya volost were merged into the urban settlement of Plyussa; and the urban settlement of Zaplusye and the rural settlement of Zapolskaya volost - into the urban settlement of Zaplusye[14].

Porkhovsky district

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of March 30, 2015 No. 1508-OZ, Dubrovenskaya and Pavskaya volosts were merged into Dubrovenskaya volost; Polonskaya, Krasnoarmeyskaya and Logovinskaya volosts - to Polonskaya volost; Slavkovskaya, Verkhnemostskaya and Tugotinskaya volosts - to Slavkovskaya volost[14].

Pskovsky district

Pustoshkinsky district

Pushkinogorsky district

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of March 30, 2015 No. 1508-OZ, Veleiskaya, Novgorodkinskaya and Polyanskaya volosts were merged into Veleiskaya volost[14].

Pytalovsky district

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of March 30, 2015 No. 1508-OZ, Linovskaya and Nosovskaya volosts were merged into Linovskaya volost; Utroinskaya and Tulinskaya volosts - to Utroinskaya volost; Gavrovskaya, Vyshgorodskaya and Skadinskaya volosts - to Gavrovskaya volost[14].

Sebezhsky district

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of March 30, 2015 No. 1508-OZ, the urban settlement of Idritsa, the rural settlements of Boyarinovskaya volost, Krasnaya volost, Maksyutinskaya volost and Mostishchenskaya volost were united into the urban settlement of Idritsa[14].

Strugo-Krasnensky district

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of March 30, 2015 No. 1508-OZ, Novoselskaya, Khredinskaya and Tsapelskaya volosts were merged into Novoselskaya volost; and Maryinskaya and Sikovitskaya - to Maryinskaya volost[14].

Usvyatsky district

According to the Law of the Pskov Region of March 30, 2015 No. 1508-OZ, Usvyatskaya and Kaloshinskaya volosts were merged into Usvyatsky volost[14].

Pskov

Velikie Luki

Sources

• Information from the Pskovstat website (inaccessible link)
• Law of the Pskov Region dated February 28, 2005 No. 420-OZ “On the establishment of boundaries and the status of newly formed municipalities on the territory of the Pskov Region” as amended on June 3, 2010 No. 982-OZ, No. 984-OZ
• Law of the Pskov Region dated February 28, 2005 No. 420-OZ “On the establishment of boundaries and the status of newly formed municipalities on the territory of the Pskov Region” as amended on December 31, 2010 No. 1042-OZ
• Law of the Pskov Region of June 3, 2010 No. 984-OZ On amendments to the Law of the Pskov Region “On the establishment of boundaries and the status of newly formed municipalities in the territory of the Pskov Region” and the Law of the Pskov Region “On the transformation of municipalities of the Pskov Region”
• Law of the Pskov Region of December 31, 2010 No. 1042-OZ On amendments to certain Laws of the Pskov Region in connection with the transformation of municipalities
• Charter of the municipal formation "City of Pskov"
• Charter of the municipal formation "City of Velikiye Luki"

General information

General statistical information for municipalities of the Pskov region

See also: Population of municipalities of the Pskov region

Recommendations

Notes

1. State Committee of the Russian Federation on Statistics. Committee of the Russian Federation for Standardization, Metrology and Certification. No. OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 “All-Russian classifier of objects of administrative-territorial division. Code 58”, Ed. changes No. 278 / 2015 dated January 1, 2016. (State Committee of the Russian Federation on Statistics. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology and Certification. No. OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Administrative Objects (OKATO). Code 58
   As amended by Amendment No. 278/2015 dated January 1, 2016).
2. Results of 2002 Population Census of Russia—Territory, number of districts, settlements and rural administrations of the Russian Federation by federal subject Archived September 28, 2011 Wayback Machine
3. Federal State Statistics Service of Russia (2011). “All-Russian Population Census 2010. Volume 1" [All-Russian Population Census 2010, vol. 1]. All-Russian Population Census 2010 [All-Russian Population Census 2010]
   (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
4. Decree on the establishment of provinces and on the designation of cities for them (in Russian)
5. Archive Department of the Administration of the Murmansk Region; State Archives of the Murmansk Region (1995). Administrative-territorial division of the Murmansk region (1920-1993).
   Directory . Murmansk: Murmansk publishing and printing enterprise “Sever”. pp. 19–20.
6. ^ a b
   Kolomytseva, N.V. Pskov province is 225 years old (in Russian). Local history archive of the Pskov region. Archived from the original on December 21, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
7. Region (locality) (in Russian). Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
8. ^ a b
   Gerasimenok, T. E.; N. V. Kolomytseva; I. S. Pozhidaev; S. M. Fedorov; K. I. Karpov (2002). Territorial division of the Pskov region (in Russian). Pskov. ISBN 5-94542-031-X.

Map of the Pskov region with cities and villages

The capital of the region, Pskov, has the title of “city of military glory.” More than 200 thousand people live here, and the main industrial enterprises and main attractions are located here. The hallmark of the settlement is the Pskov Kremlin, the location of which is shown on a map of the Pskov region with cities and villages. Also, tourists coming to the region tend to visit ancient fortresses in the cities:

• Izborsk;
• Porkhov;
• Gdov.

The Pskov land is famous for its large number of monasteries and shrines, to which several tens of thousands of pilgrims flock every year. By zooming in on the map of the Pskov region with villages, you will find the location:

1. Pskov-Pechora Monastery;
2. Convent of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Snetogorsk;
3. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral;
4. Nikandrova desert.

Ethnic tourism is developed in the region. You can visit the ethnographic museum of the Seto people, which is located in the village of Sigovo, or get acquainted with the history and small inhabitants in settlements near Izborsk.

There are a large number of recreation centers in the region, which are located on the banks of rivers. Local reservoirs are distinguished by a variety of valuable fish species. Here you can catch pike, catfish or bream. Fishermen come to these places both in summer and winter.