Other towns of Pskov
Great Luki is placed in 300 km from Pskov. It is one of the ancient towns in Russia. It has long and interesting history. The first mention of this town was in XI century, in XIV century this town was included Novgorod principality, became its frontier advanced post. In 1478 year Great Luki came to Moscow princedom, according to order of Ivan III. In 1812 year the town was a rear base of Russian army. As concerns historical monuments were kept a stronghold from time of the North war, several churches and chapels, and also ancient Slavonic town.
Among mass cultural events it should mention the town day, which is carried out in the first or second Sunday of July. At this time in the town is carried out the international festival of aeronautics. In Karaevo – Naumov, that in 60 km from Great Luki, there is a museum – estate of M.P. Musogorsky. Biography of this composer tells about his life and creative work.
In Polubino one can meet with exhibits of the museum – estate S.V. Kovalevskaya, devoted to the first woman – mathematician. Architectural ensemble of this museum includes two – storied stone house with tower, stone wing and park, on which territory were buried her parents.
A part of town Sebezh includes in structure of national park «Sebezhsky». The unique nature of this town attracts tourists. There are the largest lakes of Pskov region at this territory – Necheriza (1700ha) and Sebezhskoe (1600ha) - are rich of fishes (24 kinds), you may catch fish only with a special licence, which you can buy at workers of fishing control authority of town Sebezh or at forester. As concerns hunting, it is prohibited.
A lot of berries and mushrooms grow here. More than 700 kinds of plants and 200 species of birds, several species of them are rare and include in «the Red Book».
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