Kholm, Kholmsky District, Novgorod Oblast
Kholm is a town and the administrative center of Kholmsky District in Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Lovat and Kunya Rivers, 77 kilometers (48 mi) north of Toropets, 93 kilometers (58 mi) southwest of Staraya Russa, and 201 kilometers (125 mi) south of Veliky Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 3,830 (2010 Russian census); 4,325 (2002 Census); 4,849 (1989 Soviet census).
During the Kholm Pocket, 1942
Women transporting dead on sledges during the occupation of the town, May 1942
Kholmsky District, Novgorod Oblast
Kholmsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast and borders with Poddorsky District in the north, Maryovsky District in the east, Andreapolsky District of Tver Oblast in the southeast, Toropetsky District of Tver Oblast in the south, Loknyansky District of Pskov Oblast in the southwest, and with Bezhanitsky District of Pskov Oblast in the northwest. The area of the district is 2,178.69 square kilometers (841.20 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kholm. Population: 6,177 (2010 Russian census); 7,712 ; 9,174 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Kholm accounts for 62.0% of the district's total population.
The Lovat River in Kholm, Kholmsky District