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|en_name=Velikoluksky District
|ru_name=Великолукский район
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|map_caption=Location of Velikoluksky District in Pskov Oblast
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|image_caption=The [[M9 highway (Russia)|Baltic Highway]] in Velikoluksky District
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|adm_ctr_name=[[Velikiye Luki]]
|adm_ctr_ref=<ref name="AdmMunNote">According to Article 6 of Law #833-oz, the structure and composition of the administrative districts match those of the municipal districts. The municipal aspect is described by Laws #419-oz and #420-oz.</ref>
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'''Velikoluksky District''' ({{lang-ru|Великолу́кский райо́н}}) is an administrative<ref name="PskovO_adm">Law #833-oz</ref> and municipal<ref name="
==Geography==
[[File:2 velikolukskii raion.JPG|thumb|Panorama of the district]]
The district is elongated from north to south. The whole district belongs to the drainage basin of the [[Lovat River]], which crosses it from south to north. The biggest tributary of the Lovat in the limits of the district is the [[Kunya River]]. The northern part of the district is a flat depression, whereas the southern one is a hilly plain of glacial origin, filled with lakes, the biggest of which is [[Lake Uritskoye]]. ▼
▲The district is elongated from north to south
==History==
The [[Lovat River]] was a part of the [[trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks]], one of the oldest trading routes passing through [[Rus' (region)|Rus']]. The area was populated since the Middle Ages and [[Velikiye Luki]] was first mentioned in the chronicles under 1166. It was a part of the [[Novgorod Republic]] and had a strategic importance, defending Novgorod and Pskov from the south.<ref name="gr">{{cite book|title=Энциклопедия Города России|year=2003|publisher=Большая Российская Энциклопедия|location=Moscow|isbn=5-7107-7399-9|page=63}}</ref> In the end of the 15th century, Velikiye Luki was included into the [[Grand Duchy of Moscow]]. In the course of the [[administrative divisions of Russia in 1708–1710|administrative reform]] carried out in 1708 by [[Peter the Great]], it was included into Ingermanland Governorate (known since 1710 as [[Saint Petersburg Governorate]]). In 1727, separate [[Novgorod Governorate]] was split off, and in 1772, [[Pskov Governorate]] (which between 1777 and 1796 existed as [[Pskov Viceroyalty]]) was established. The area was a part of [[Velikoluksky Uyezd|Velikoluksky]] and [[Toropetsky Uyezd]]s of Pskov Governorate.
On August 1, 1927, the uyezds were abolished, and Velikoluksky District was established, with the [[administrative center]] in the town of Velikiye Luki. It included parts of former Velikoluksky and Toropetsky Uyezds. Pskov Governorate was abolished as well, and the district became a part of [[Velikiye Luki Okrug]] of [[Leningrad Oblast]]. On June 17, 1929, the district was transferred to [[Western Oblast]]. On July 23, 1930, the okrugs were also abolished and the districts were directly subordinated to the oblast. On January 29, 1935, the district was transferred to [[Tver Oblast|Kalinin Oblast]], and on February 5 of the same year, Velikoluksky District became a part of Velikiye Luki Okrug of Kalinin Oblast, one of the okrugs abutting the state boundaries of the [[Soviet Union]]. On May 4, 1938, the district was subordinated directly to the oblast. Between 1941 and 1944, Velikoluksky District was occupied by [[Nazi Germany|German]] troops. On August 22, 1944, the district was transferred to newly established [[Velikiye Luki Oblast]]. On October 2, 1957, Velikiye Luki Oblast was abolished and Velikoluksky District was transferred to Pskov Oblast.<ref name="pskov_handbook">{{cite book|last1=Герасимёнок|first1=Т. Е.|last2=Н. В. Коломыцева, И. С. Пожидаев, С. М. Фёдоров, К. И. Карпов|script-title=ru:Территориальное деление Псковской области|url=http://druzhkovka-news.ru/territorialnoe-delenie-pskovskoj-oblasti/|year=2002|location=Pskov|language=ru|isbn=5-94542-031-X}}</ref>
On August 1, 1927, [[Porechensky District|Porechyevsky District]] with the administrative center in the ''[[village#Russia|selo]]'' of [[Porechye, Velikoluksky District, Pskov Oblast|Porechye]] was created on the territories which previously belonged to [[Nevelsky Uyezd]]. It was a part of Velikiye Luki Okrug of Leningrad Oblast. On June 17, 1929, the district was transferred to Western Oblast, and on September 20, 1930, Porechyevsky District was abolished and split between Velikoluksky, Nevelsky, and Usvyatsky Districts. On March 10, 1945, it was re-established as Porechensky District, a part of Velikiye Luki Oblast, from the areas belonging to Velikoluksky and Nevelsky Districts. On October 2, 1957, the district was transferred to Pskov Oblast. On March 23, 1959, Porechensky District was abolished and merged into Velikoluksky District.<ref name="pskov_handbook" />
Another district established on August 1, 1927 was [[Nasvinsky District]], with the administrative center in the settlement of [[Nasva, Russia|Nasva]]. It included parts of former Velikoluksky Uyezd. The district was a part of Velikiye Luki Okrug of Leningrad Oblast. On June 17, 1929 the district was transferred to Western Oblast. On January 1, 1932, Nasvinsky District was abolished and split between Loknyansky, Velikoluksky, and Novosokolnichesky Districts.<ref name="pskov_handbook" />
On March 10, 1945, [[Podberezinsky District]] with the administrative center in the ''selo'' of [[Podberezye, Velikoluksky District, Pskov Oblast|Podberezye]] was established. It included parts of Loknyansky, Kholmsky, and [[Ploskoshsky District]]s. The district was a part of Velikiye Luki Oblast. On October 2, 1957, the district was transferred to Pskov Oblast. On January 14, 1958, the district was abolished and split between Kholmsky, Loknyansky, Velikoluksky, and Ploskoshsky Districts.<ref name="pskov_handbook" />
==Administrative and municipal status==
Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], Velikoluksky District is one of the [[administrative divisions of Pskov Oblast|twenty-four]] in the oblast.<ref name="PskovO_adm" /> The town of [[Velikiye Luki]] serves as its [[administrative center]],<ref name="AdmMunNote" /> despite being incorporated separately as an [[city of federal subject significance|administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts]].<ref name="PskovO_adm" />
As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], the district is incorporated as '''Velikoluksky Municipal District'''.<ref name="PskovO_mun0" /> The Town of Velikiye Luki is incorporated separately from the district as Velikiye Luki Urban Okrug.<ref name="PskovO_mun0" />
==Economy==
===Agriculture===
49% of the
===Transportation===
Velikiye Luki is an important railway hub and all four railway lines originating from Velikiye Luki cross Velikoluksky District. One railway connects [[Moscow]] via Velikiye Luki with [[Riga]] and runs in the east-west direction. Another railway, running to the northwest, connects Velikiye Luki via [[Toropets]] and [[Ostashkov]] with [[Bologoye, Tver Oblast|Bologoye]]. Yet another railway connects Velikiye Luki to [[Nevel (town)|Nevel]], where it splits into two railway lines, both running southeast into [[Belarus]]: one line to [[Vitebsk]], and another one to [[Grodno]] via [[Polotsk]] and [[Maladzyechna]].
The [[M9 highway (Russia)|M9 Highway]], which connects Moscow and Riga, crosses the district from east to west. The roads connecting Velikiye Luki with [[Novosokolniki]], with Nevel, and with [[Porkhov]] via [[Loknya, Pskov Oblast|Loknya]] all cross the district. There are also local roads.
==Culture and recreation==
The district contains 11 objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of federal significance and 132 monuments of local significance.{{RKN_base}} The federal monuments are the Korvin-Krukovsky Estate in the village of [[Polibino, Velikoluksky District, Pskov Oblast|Polibino]] and ten archeological sites.
The two museums located in the district are the Ivan Vasilyev Museum of history of Great Patriotic War in [[Borki, Velikoluksky District, Pskov Oblast|Borki]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museum.ru/M1948|script-title=ru:Литературно-художественный музей истории Великой Отечественной Войны им. И.А.Васильева|publisher=Российская сеть культурного наследия|language=ru|access-date=October 11, 2012}}</ref> and the Sofia Kovalevskaya Museum, located in the village of Polibino in the former Korvin-Krukovsky Estate, where [[Sofia Kovalevskaya]] was born.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museum.ru/M832|script-title=ru:Полибинский мемориальный музей-усадьба С.В.Ковалевской|publisher=Российская сеть культурного наследия|language=ru|access-date=October 11, 2012}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Districts of Pskov Oblast]]
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