Pskov

Pskov is the largest city and administrative capital of . One of the oldest cities in the country, it has preserved many unique architectural monuments of the 12th-16th centuries.
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  • Type: City with 189,000 residents
  • Description: city and administrative center of Pskov Oblast in northwestern Russia
  • Also known as: Pihkova”, “Pihkva”, “Plescow”, “Pleskau”, “Pleskava”, “Pleskov”, “Pleskow”, “Pscovia”, “Pskof”, “Pskovas”, “Pskovo”, “Pskow”, “Psków”, “Pszkov”, and “Пльсковъ

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mirozhsky Monastery and Saint Nicholas church so Usokhi.

Monastery
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a 12th century Russian Orthodox monastery complex in Pskov, , famous for its frescoes, located in the Christ's Transfiguration Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rodina and Уграда.

Village
is a village.

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is a village.

Pskov

Latitude
57.8174° or 57° 49′ 3″ north
Longitude
28.3343° or 28° 20′ 4″ east
Population
189,000
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
IATA airport code
PKV
United Nations Location Code
RU PKV
Open location code
9G9CR88M+XP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27025689
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
504341
Wiki­data ID
Q2214
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Pskov” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Pskof
  • Arabic: بسكوف
  • Armenian: Պսկով
  • Asturian: Pskov
  • Azerbaijani: Pskov
  • Bashkir: Псков
  • Basque: Pskov
  • Belarusian: Пскоў
  • Bengali: পেস্কভ
  • Breton: Pskov
  • Bulgarian: Псков
  • Catalan: Pskov
  • Cebuano: Pskov
  • Chechen: Псков
  • Chinese: Pskov
  • Chinese: 普斯科夫
  • Church Slavic: Пльсковъ · Рѡсїи
  • Chuvash: Псков
  • Crimean Tatar: Pskov
  • Croatian: Pskov
  • Czech: Pskov
  • Danish: Pskov
  • Dimli (individual language): Pskov
  • Dutch: Pskov
  • Eastern Mari: Псков
  • Egyptian Arabic: بسكوف
  • Erzya: Псков ош
  • Esperanto: Pskovo
  • Estonian: Pihkva
  • Finnish: Pihkova
  • French: Pskov
  • Galician: Pskov
  • Georgian: ფსკოვი
  • German: Pihkva
  • German: Pleskau
  • German: Pleskava
  • German: Pleskow
  • German: Pskow
  • Greek: Πσκοβ
  • Greek: Πσκοφ
  • Gujarati: પ્સકોવ
  • Hebrew: פסקוב
  • Hindi: स्कोव
  • Hungarian: Pszkov
  • Ido: Pskov
  • Inari Sami: Pihkova
  • Indonesian: Pskov
  • Irish: Pskov
  • Italian: Pskov
  • Japanese: プスコフ
  • Kalmyk: Псков
  • Kannada: ಪಿಸ್ಕೊವ್
  • Kirghiz: Псков шаары
  • Kirghiz: Псков
  • Korean: 프스코프
  • Ladin: Pskov
  • Latin: Pscovia
  • Latvian: Pleskava
  • Lezghian: Псков
  • Lithuanian: Pskovas
  • Low German: Pskow
  • Luxembourgish: Pskow
  • Macedonian: Псков
  • Malay: Pskov
  • Maltese: Pskov
  • Marathi: प्सकोव
  • Min Nan Chinese: Pskov
  • Mingrelian: ფსკოვი
  • Moksha: Псков
  • Mongolian: Псков
  • Northern Frisian: Pskow (Steed)
  • Northern Frisian: Pskow
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Pskov
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Pskov
  • Norwegian: Pskov
  • Occitan (post 1500): Pskov
  • Ossetian: Псков
  • Persian: پسکوف
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Pskov
  • Polish: Pskow
  • Polish: Psków
  • Portuguese: Pskov
  • Pushto: پسکوف
  • Romanian: Pskov
  • Russian: Pskov
  • Russian: Плесков
  • Russian: Псков
  • Scots: Pskov
  • Serbian: Псков
  • Serbo-Croatian: Pskov
  • Sinhala: ප්ස්කොව්
  • Slovak: Pskov
  • Slovenian: Pskov
  • South Azerbaijani: پسکوف
  • Spanish: Pskov
  • Swahili: Pskov
  • Swedish: Pskov
  • Tagalog: Pskov
  • Tajik: Псков
  • Talysh: Pskov
  • Tamil: ஸ்கொவ்
  • Tatar: Псков
  • Telugu: స్కోవ్
  • Thai: ปัสคอฟ
  • Turkish: Pskov
  • Udmurt: Псков
  • Ukrainian: Псков
  • Upper Sorbian: Pskow
  • Urdu: پسکوف
  • Uzbek: Pskov
  • Venetian: Pskov
  • Veps: Pleskov
  • Veps: Pskov
  • Vietnamese: Pskov
  • Võro: Pihkva
  • Walloon: Pskov
  • Waray (Philippines): Pskov
  • Welsh: Pskov
  • Western Armenian: Պսկով
  • Western Frisian: Pskov
  • Wolof: Pskov
  • Wu Chinese: 普斯科夫
  • Yiddish: פסקאוו
  • Yiddish: פּסקאָוו
  • Yue Chinese: 普斯科夫
  • ma tomo Piko
  • Pihkva

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