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'''Ostrov''' ({{lang-ru|Остров}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] and the [[administrative center]] of [[Ostrovsky District, Pskov Oblast|Ostrovsky District]] of [[Pskov Oblast]], [[Russia]], located on the [[Velikaya River]], {{convert|55|km|sp=us}} south of [[Pskov]]. Population: {{ru-census2010|21,670|;}} {{ru-census2002|25,078|;}} {{su-census1989|29,060|;}} 27,000 (1974). |
'''Ostrov''' ({{lang-ru|Остров}}, Island) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] and the [[administrative center]] of [[Ostrovsky District, Pskov Oblast|Ostrovsky District]] of [[Pskov Oblast]], [[Russia]], located on the [[Velikaya River]], {{convert|55|km|sp=us}} south of [[Pskov]]. Population: {{ru-census2010|21,670|;}} {{ru-census2002|25,078|;}} {{su-census1989|29,060|;}} 27,000 (1974). |
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Ostrov was founded as a fortress in 1342. It had been an important military outpost throughout the 15th-16th centuries. [[Catherine the Great]] incorporated it as a town in 1777. |
Ostrov was founded as a fortress in 1342. It had been an important military outpost throughout the 15th-16th centuries. [[Catherine the Great]] incorporated it as a town in 1777. |
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Ostrov (Russian: Остров, Island) is a town and the administrative center of Ostrovsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia, located on the Velikaya River, 55 kilometers (34 mi) south of Pskov. Population: 21,670 (2010 Russian census);[1] 25,078 (2002 Census);[2] 29,060 (1989 Soviet census);[3] 27,000 (1974).
Ostrov was founded as a fortress in 1342. It had been an important military outpost throughout the 15th-16th centuries. Catherine the Great incorporated it as a town in 1777.
The town possesses a Neoclassical cathedral from 1790 and a typical Pskovian church from 1543. Close at hand is a historical suspension bridge, opened in 1853 (winter view, summer view).
The town was also home to Ostrov air base, a major medium-range bomber base during the Cold War.
References
- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^ Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.