Dedovichi

Dedovichi is an city locality and the place of job of Dedovichsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia, positioned at the Shelon River east of Pskov. Municipally, it's far integrated as Dedovichi Urban Settlement, the best city agreement in the district. Whereas the area was populated from the eleventh century, and an archeological site existing in Dedovichi suggests that a citadel become placed there in medieval times, the agreement of Dedovichi turned into founded in 1901 to serve a railway station, one of the five constructed at the stretch among Dno and Novosokolniki on the railway connecting Saint Petersburg and Kiev. At the time, Dedovichi become a part of Porkhovsky Uyezd of Pskov Governorate.

On August 1, 1927, the uyezds have been abolished, and Dedovichsky District became set up, with the place of work in Dedovichi. The governorates have been abolished as nicely, and the district became part of Pskov Okrug of Leningrad Oblast. On July 23, 1930, the okrugs were also abolished, and the districts were without delay subordinated to the oblast. Between August 1941 and February 1944, Dedovichi changed into occupied through German troops. On August 23, 1944, the district changed into transferred to newly hooked up Pskov Oblast. In 1967, Dedovichi changed into granted an urban-kind settlement popularity.