Pskov region is situated in the northwestern part of the European Russia. The area comes to 55.3 thousand square kilometers.
This place is the only Russian region, which borders on three foregin states at the same time (Estonia, Latvia, Republic of Belarus).
The poulation is about 736 thousand people (Census of 2005).
The climate is characterized as moderate continental, quite humid.
The region has got a long history,
which dates back to the 10th century. According to the chronicles first Slavic tribes started to inhabit
these territories in the middle of the first millenium. The town of Pskov had always been a very important
trading and cultural center of Russia. As the region has always been located on the border of Russia,
the fortress of Pskov had protected the state for many centuries. The area is rich in different architectural monuments
which survived till our days.
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