Pustoshkinsky District
district in Pskov Oblast, Russia
Pustoshkinsky District (Russian: Пусто́шкинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast and borders with Bezhanitsky District in the north, Novosokolnichesky District in the east, Nevelsky District in the south, Sebezhsky District in the west, and with Opochetsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 1,870 square kilometers (720 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Pustoshka. Population: 9,379 (2010 census); 12,071 (2002 Census); 14,063 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Pustoshka accounts for 49.2% of the district's total population.
Geography
A major part of the district lies in the basin of the Velikaya River. The Velikaya flows through the district, making a bow in its northern part. The largest tributary of the Velikaya inside the district is the Alolya (right). The rivers in the south of the district drain into the Nevedryanka, a right tributary of the Daugava, and into the Ushcha, also in the Daugava basin.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Pustoshkinsky District” is district in Pskov Oblast, Russia. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Pustoshkinsky, District and district, not as a finished interpretation.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2533406. VIAF identifies the subject as 170704113. The Library of Congress control number is n2011030875. Authority coordinates are 56.333, 29.367. 4 of 6 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010, 2002 and 1989.
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This entry incorporates text from “Pustoshkinsky District” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.