Przhevalskoye
Przhevalskoye () is an urban locality (a settlement) in Demidovsky District of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located in the northwestern part of the oblast, on Lake Sapsho, northeast of the town of Demidov, the administrative center of the district. It is a terminus of the Demidov-Przhevalskoye Highway. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,683.
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- Przhevalskoye
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Пржевальское
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- Administration building in Przhevalskoye
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- Smolensk Oblast
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- Demidovsky District
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- Przhevalskoye
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- Urban settlement
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- Przhevalskoye Urban Settlement
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- Urban-type settlement
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Przhevalskoye () is an urban locality (a settlement) in Demidovsky District of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located in the northwestern part of the oblast, on Lake Sapsho, northeast of the town of Demidov, the administrative center of the district. It is a terminus of the Demidov-Przhevalskoye Highway. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,683.
The settlement is home to the Museum of Nikolay Przhevalsky, which occupies the mansion of the famous traveler. Previously called Sloboda (), it was renamed after Przhevalsky in 1964.