Palkino () is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the

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Palkinsky District Palkinsky District () is an administrativeLaw #833-oz and municipalLaw #420-oz district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast and borders with Pskovsky District in the northwest, Ostrovsky ...

Pskov Oblast Pskov Oblast () is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the west of the country. Its administrative center is the Classification of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Pskov. As of the Russian Census ...

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,Law #420-oz, Article 23.2 located southwest of

Pskov Pskov ( rus, Псков, a=Ru-Псков.oga, p=psˈkof; see also Names of Pskov in different languages, names in other languages) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov O ...

. Municipally, it is incorporated as Palkino Urban Settlement, the only urban settlement in the district. Population:

History

In the 19th century, Palkino was a '' selo'', a seat of Palkinskaya Volost of

Pskovsky Uyezd Pskovsky Uyezd (''Псковский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Pskov Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Pskov. Demographics At the ti ...

Pskov Governorate Pskov Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR, which existed in 1772–1777 and 1796–1927. Its seat was located in Opochka b ...

. On August 1, 1927, the

uyezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd or uiezd; rus, уе́зд ( pre-1918: уѣздъ), p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context () was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the R ...

s were abolished, and Palkinsky District was established, with the administrative center in Palkino. The governorates were abolished as well, and the district became a part of

Pskov Okrug Pskov ( rus, Псков, a=Ru-Псков.oga, p=psˈkof; see also names in other languages) is a city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, located about east of the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. Popu ...

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. On July 23, 1930, the

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s were also abolished, and the districts were directly subordinated to the

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. On September 20, 1931 Palkinsky District was abolished and merged into

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. On February 15, 1935, the district was re-established. Between March 22, 1935 and September 19, 1940, Palkinsky District was a part of

of Leningrad Oblast, one of the okrugs abutting the state boundaries of the

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. Between August 1941 and July 1944, the district was occupied by

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troops. On August 23, 1944, the district was transferred to newly established Pskov Oblast. On October 15, 1985 Palkino was granted status of an urban-type settlement.

Economy

Transportation

Palkino is connected by roads to Pskov, to Ostrov, and to the highway connecting Pskov and

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. The connection to Ostrov provides access to the M20 highway which connects St. Petersburg and

Vitebsk Vitebsk or Vitsyebsk (, ; , ; ) is a city in northern Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Vitebsk Region and Vitebsk District, though it is administratively separated from the district. As of 2025, it has 358,927 inhabitants, m ...

via

. There are also local roads.

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=September 2012 Urban-type settlements in Pskov Oblast Pskovsky Uyezd