Velikije Luki

Velikiye Luki is a metropolis in Pskov Oblast, Russia, placed at the meandering Lovat River. Velikiye Luki is a city of Military Glory, an honor bestowed on it because of the courage and heroism its citizens displayed during World War II. It became first referred to in a chronicle underneath the year of 1166 as Luki. From the 12^th century, Luki became a part of the Novgorod Republic. After the development of a castle in 1211, Velikiye Luki won strategic significance, defending the tactics to Pskov and Novgorod. It was included into the Grand Duchy of Moscow by way of Ivan the Great in 1478.
During the Livonian War, it performed an crucial position. In the route of the administrative reform done in 1708 by way of Peter the Great, Velikiye Luki changed into protected into Ingermanland Governorate. It turned into explicitly stated as one of the towns the governorate comprised. In 1727, separate Novgorod Governorate become cut up off, and in 1772, Pskov Governorate became hooked up. After 1777, Velikiye Luki became the seat of Velikolutsky Uyezd. At the start of the 20^th century, it evolved into an critical railway hub following the development of the railway connecting Moscow with Riga.