Gdovsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and borders with Slantsevsky District of Leningrad Oblast in the north, Plyussky District in the east, Strugo-Krasnensky District in the southeast, and with Pskovsky District in the south. Lake Peipus forms the border with Estonia in the west. The area of the district is 3,400 square kilometers (1,300 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Gdov. Population: 12,792 (2010 Russian census); 17,715 ; 19,842 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Gdov accounts for 34.2% of the district's total population.
The wall of the Gdov kremlin
Peter and Paul Church (Russian Orthodox) in Vetvenik, Gdov district
Coastline of Lake Peipus in Gdovsky district
Battle of the Ice, from the illuminated manuscript Life of Alexander Nevsky
Slantsevsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast and borders with Ida-Viru County of Estonia in the west, Kingiseppsky District in the north, Volosovsky District in the northeast, Luzhsky District in the east, Plyussky District of Pskov Oblast in the south, and Gdovsky District, also of Pskov Oblast, in the southwest. The area of the district is 2,191.1 square kilometers (846.0 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Slantsy. Population : 10,038 (2010 Russian census); 10,480 ; 10,974 (1989 Soviet census).
Slantsevsky District
The Plyussa River in the town of Slantsy