Pechory (Russia)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
פצ'ורי (רוסיה)
Name (Latin)
Pechory (Russia)
Other forms of name
nne Pechory (R.S.F.S.R.)
Petscher (Russia)
Pechery (Russia)
Coordinates
27.6 27.6 57.81666667 57.81666667 (gooearth )
Associated country
Russia (Federation)
See Also From tracing place name
Petseri (Estonia)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 130326618
Wikidata: Q179407
Library of congress: n 92034335
Sources of Information
  • BGN(Pechory, popl., 57°49ʹN 27°36ʹE)
  • Bolʹsh. sov. ėntsikl., 3rd ed:v. 19, p. 513 (Pechory, a city and the center of Pechorskiĭ raĭon. It arose in the 16th cent. as a settlement attached to the Pskovo-Pecherskiĭ monastyrʹ and together with the monstery served as an important strategic point on the western border of Russia. From the end of the 18th cent. Pechory was a city in the Pskovskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡ and then the Pskovskiĭ uezd. From 1920 to 1940 it was part of Estonia. From 1941 to 1944 Pechory was occupied by the Nazis. From 1945 Pechory has been part of the Pskovskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)
  • GEOnet WWW, 09-24-96(Pechory, ppl.: 57°49ʹ00ʺN, 27°36ʹ00ʺE)
  • Shakhovskai︠a︡, T. Katalog knig kirillovskoĭ pechati XVI-XVIII vv. iz sobr. B-ki Tartu. un-ta i Pskov.-Pecherskogo monastyria, 1991.
  • BGN(Pechory, popl., 57p0s49ʹN 27p0s36ʹE)
  • Bolʹsh. sov. ėntsikl., 3rd ed:v. 19, p. 513 (Pechory, a city and the center of Pechorskiĭ raĭon. It arose in the 16th cent. as a settlement attached to the Pskovo-Pecherskiĭ monastyrʹ and together with the monstery served as an important strategic point on the westernborder of Russia. From the end of the 18th cent. Pechory was a city in the Pskovskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡ and then the Pskovskiĭ uezd. From 1920 to 1940 it was part of Estonia. From 1941 to 1944 Pechory was occupied by the Nazis. From 1945 Pechoryhas been part of the Pskovskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)
  • RSFSR, admin.-territ. delenie, 1986:p. 535 (Pechory, in Pskovskai︠a︡ oblastʹ arose around 1472 but was not officially considered a city until 1782)
  • Lippincott(Pechory, var. Petseri (Estonian), Petscher (German), town in R.S.F.S.R, Pskov oblastʹ, near Estonian border, under Estonian govt. from 1920-1945)
  • Russ. geogr. Namenbuch(Pechory, Pechery, Petseri)
  • GEOnet WWW, 09-24-96(Pechory, ppl.: 57p0s 49ʹ 00" N., 27p0s 36ʹ 00" E.)