Peshkovskaya

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Peshkovskaya
Пешковская
Village
Peshkovskaya is located in Vologda Oblast
Peshkovskaya
Peshkovskaya
Peshkovskaya is located in Russia
Peshkovskaya
Peshkovskaya
Coordinates: 59°56′N 41°09′E / 59.933°N 41.150°E / 59.933; 41.150[1]
CountryRussia
RegionVologda Oblast
DistrictSyamzhensky District
Time zoneUTC+3:00

Peshkovskaya (Russian: Пешковская) is a rural locality (a village) in Zhityovskoye Rural Settlement, Syamzhensky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 28 as of 2002.[2]

Geography[edit]

Peshkovskaya is located 12 km southeast of Syamzha (the district's administrative centre) by road. Yakovlevskaya is the nearest rural locality.[3]

In 1965 a memorial obelisk was erected in Pashkovskaya to remember the night witch Polina Makogon and other pilots.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Пешковская деревня на карте
  2. ^ Данные переписи 2002 года: таблица 2С. М.: Федеральная служба государственной статистики, 2004.
  3. ^ Расстояние от Пешковской до Сямжи
  4. ^ Partnership project of the Legislative Assembly of the Tver region, the Archival department of the administration of the Tver region, Tver regional library. A.M. Gorky, Tver University Internet Center. "MILITARY HISTORICAL ARCHIVE".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)