Sebezh
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Sebezh /
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, 1 km from center (Себеж)
World / Russia / Pskov
city, district center
Town and the administrative center of Sebezhsky District in Pskov Oblast, Russia, located in a picturesque setting between Lakes Sebezhskoye and Orono 189 kilometers (117 mi) south of Pskov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 6,375 (2010 Census).
Sebezh was first mentioned in 1414, when Vytautas of Lithuania sacked it. Prince Ivan Shuisky built a wooden fortress there in 1535. In the 16th century, the fortress defended the Western approaches to Tsardom of Russia. The Poles captured it during the Livonian War and held until the First Partition of Poland. The fortifications of Sebezh, now dismantled, were reinforced at the behest of Peter the Great during the Great Northern War. The castle hill is still dominated by the Roman Catholic Church, built in 1625-1648 and reconsecrated as a Russian Orthodox Church in 1989.
Sebezh was first mentioned in 1414, when Vytautas of Lithuania sacked it. Prince Ivan Shuisky built a wooden fortress there in 1535. In the 16th century, the fortress defended the Western approaches to Tsardom of Russia. The Poles captured it during the Livonian War and held until the First Partition of Poland. The fortifications of Sebezh, now dismantled, were reinforced at the behest of Peter the Great during the Great Northern War. The castle hill is still dominated by the Roman Catholic Church, built in 1625-1648 and reconsecrated as a Russian Orthodox Church in 1989.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebezh
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 56°17'9"N 28°28'20"E
- Saint Petersburg 444 km
- Espoo (City) 510 km
- Kangasala 646 km
- Tampere 679 km
- Ylöjärvi 692 km
- Sastamala 697 km
- Petrozavodsk 703 km
- Alavus centre 774 km
- Nizhny Novgorod 928 km
- Arkhangelsk 1141 km
- Сенцовская ул., 17а 0.3 km
- Central district hospital 0.3 km
- Lake Orono 2.6 km
- Sebezh Lake 3.2 km
- Sebezhsky National Park 12 km