Pskovsky 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 Gdovsky District in the north, Strugo-Krasnensky District in the northeast, Porkhovsky District in the east, Ostrovsky District in the south, and with Palkinsky and Pechorsky Districts in the southwest. Lake Peipus forms the border with Estonia in the west. The area of the district is 3,600 square kilometers (1,400 sq mi). Its administrative center is the city of Pskov. Population: 34,323 (2010 Russian census); 37,216 ; 37,557 (1989 Soviet census).
Lakeside in Pskovsky District
The Church of St. Matthew in the village of Piskovichi
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