Opochka
Sign in to saveOpochka () is a town and the administrative center of Opochetsky District in Pskov Oblast, Russia, located on the Velikaya River, south of Pskov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Opochka
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Опочка
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- OpochkaUlitsaLenina.jpeg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- Lenina Street in Opochka
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Opochka (Pskov oblast).png
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Pskov Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Opochetsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of
- Opochetsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Opochetsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Opochka Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
- Opochetsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2
- Opochka Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 11603
- Russian inhabited locality.established_date
- 1414
- Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes
- 182330, 182333
- Russian inhabited locality.website
- http://www.opochka-daily.ru/
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Opochka () is a town and the administrative center of Opochetsky District in Pskov Oblast, Russia, located on the Velikaya River, south of Pskov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
==History== thumb|left|Market square on an old postcard It was founded in 1414. At the time, it was a fortress subordinate to Pskov and protecting it from the south. In 1426, it was besieged by the Lithuanians, and in 1427 by Germans, but it was not conquered. It did, however, burn down in 1441. In 1510, the town was annexed by the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and from 1547 it was part of the Tsardom of Russia. In 1581, it was captured by Polish King Stephen Báthory.