hope she helps to rise from her knees, helps to believe that even at the bottom of the abyss there is a chance. you can win the battle, but hope does not make your enemy weaker. you must understand when you rise the enemy will hit harder than before at the entrance of an apartment building.

from the middle of the first millennium of our era , the slavs began to develop the partition walls of the great , they gradually learned to build a powerful fortress city, including the foundation of the main one, pskov, the first annalistic mention of it dates back to 903. nearly 1,000 years old. all life on the pskov border lands will be subordinated to one goal - protecting russian territories from the onslaught from the west. the pskov region is located in the north-west of the european part of russia, it borders on three states, estonia, latvia and belarus from moscow to pskov by rail for about 700 km. during the 12 hours train journey

, can you also get to the city by bus or by car? pskov is a small regional center by modern standards with a population of about 200,000 people in medieval europe, the city was considered one of the largest fortresses impregnable for the enemy. many ancient monuments of pskov are included in the unesco world cultural heritage list. journey into the past of pskov usually begins with the thunder of the pskov fortress, its core, located on a high narrow cape at the confluence of the rocks into the river velikaya grom, is still the architectural dominant of the mountain in the legend of the native. princess olga of pskov, the wife of prince igor, herself pointed to this place. she ordered to build a temple here. in the name of the holy trinity, the holy trinity cathedral is led through the gates to the highest south

wall usually the name has only towers-fortresses new in pskov and the wall got its name persia what does it mean that the chest from the south side was the most convenient approach to fortification, there were no natural obstacles in the form of rivers and the ravine in the wall of persia was the first to meet the enemy with the chest, therefore it was fortified better than all other parts of the fortress. and the wall of persia was repeatedly rebuilt. uh, for them, this is the face of the city as a reverse symbol, even now behind the wall of percy there was all the most important secret for the launchers republic trinity cathedral. the main shrine of the city, evening. the strategic food supply area was behind the wall of persia yes, on the territory of krom, even later in the period of the classical middle ages of the late middle ages, and the territory of chrome is, in general , a die hard gate leads to a cunningly invented trap narrow in the hands or a corridor and sandwiched

by sheer walls. this fortification is called zakhar - the name comes from the ancient word to capture enemy units that have broken through here. muscovites found themselves under crossfire, they were excellent civil engineers. they skillfully defended themselves and their city was taught this by their life in conditions of constant military threat, jumpy. a lot of this, of course, was reflected there in their, uh, psychology. if you met a medieval searcher, you would understand that he is a suspicious person. yes, in general, it’s like that here with cordiality with open arms of people, they didn’t immediately accept them, they lived collectively , they also solved issues, but as a team, so to speak, on veche square. but it must be said that pskov fell in love with freedom in the thirteenth century, pskov had to rapidly build up its defensive power, muscovites faced experienced knightly troops, the sword-bearers themselves, and then with the livonian port.

in 1.240 , the fortress fell for the only time in its history, but 2 years later, the city was liberated by the novgorod prince alexander nevsky. it was near pskov, on the shore of lake peipus, that the troops of alexander nevsky defeated the german knights in the famous larger ice. 6 km from the pskov krom on mount sokolikhov in memory of this battle a 30-meter monument rises, a bronze spring headed by prince alexander nevsky having won. he practically drew a line between the orthodox world and the catholic west. this is the border and today it exists for you not with him in the most difficult times. this is really the border, which was drawn by the historical wisdom of the alexander nevsky republic at a general public meeting. pskov. they themselves chose their own ruler and

talented chiefs played an important role , a lithuanian by origin prince davmon ruled for 33 years, the pskov republic did not lose a single battle in the troubled 13th century in the names of the units that are in different chambers. you can see it less. gradually rich in trade and crafts, the city of pskov grew. it was surrounded by more and more rings of fortifications from five lines of walls, three of them still look impressive, the walls were reinforced by almost 40 towers, the most heroic story was near pokrovskaya on the coal tower of the roundabout city in 1581 after a 6-month siege. here , a fierce battle broke out between the pskovites and guides by stefan batone. the victory, at

the final stage of the livonian war, played a huge role, the transfer of lands in the north-west of the russian state was excluded , ancient castles and the unique landscape of the pskov lands attract many history buffs. dozens of festivals of reenactors take place here, one of the most famous and the cathedral gathers guests. from bursk was one of the oldest cities in russia, it is mentioned in the earliest ancient russian chronicle the tale of bygone years. according to legend , one of the brothers of the princes rurik truvar, sat on reigning in ancient izborsk. to protect against the livonian order , a fortress was built from baryan on zhiravy. stone fortress walls grew on the very edge of an impregnable ravine. despite the smaller

size compared to the pskov krom and the assembly fortress was no less powerful . the citadel is now a small village from orsk. during the days of the festival or designers , more than a thousand participants and spectators from russia and other countries always come together. every year we try to show some of the aspects of everyday life and at the same time show well, the military program. it, uh, always takes place in the natural amphitheater above the gorodishchensky lake, everything is connected with cooking. right here on the site at the festival, you can observe the same ethnic pattern. what professional reenactors were here in the early middle ages, they carefully approach the historical authenticity of the recreated clothing elements of military traditions and crafts

. for many of them, this is not just a hobby, but the result of painstaking scientific work . the early middle ages was small. and uh, among the participants there are those who reconstruct. well, let's call it a retinue class. and those who are very well armored and there are people for whom it is like for people of that period of time, and just one of the occupations. yes, therefore combat interactions. they e are carried out to the first touch usually traditionally. well, so that there is no unnecessary trauma. well, in addition , they show with various military exercises that were typical for that era. pskov land is kept by lida of many military

conflicts, indelible scars left the 20th century. the great patriotic war with merch swept through the north-west of the ussr . the pskov region turned out to be occupied by fascist troops for 3 years along the border of the ancient city of the island , part of the line of defensive structures of that time was preserved. the island was one of the outposts of the pskov republic. the central part of the city is located on a small island of the velikaya shore river, connected by the only chain transport bridges that have survived in russia from the middle of the 19th century. century. in july 1941, the island was at the center of military events in a system of powerful fortifications, which was called the line in the foreign press. stalin was to stretch along the entire western border, the council of the union of the union in its area near the city of the island managed to build long-term firing points. the stalin line was planned

as one of the most powerful systems of military-technical fortifications similar to the french mono line or the finnish energy line, but the work was not completed due to the transfer of the soviet union in 1939-40. border to the west of the stalin line to mothball weapons and people. it was clearly not enough to resist the enemy, however, at the beginning of july 1941 , heroically, the soviet wars who fought here were able to stop the nazi troops for a while. here is the area given. for four days the infantry fought against the sixth tank division. nemtsov, the germans fled that it was impossible to fight on our roads, the car was slipping, they were offended by our soldiers, who were fighting very desperately, we were moving from one pillbox to another. now some time with you.

shoot at us again. it is not right. well , the collection of rare equipment was not thought so, the memorial military burial and the restored fragment of the stalin line keep the memory of the heroes of the ostrovsky defense center. during the three-year occupation, the population of the pskov region continued to resist to the east of pskov in september 1941, the first in the history of the great patriotic war, the partizan territory, was formed, the pskov region was completely liberated in 1944. povskaya land immortalized the exploits of heroes and modern wars in the village of cheryokha , a monument was erected to the sixth company, 76th pskov division in the airborne forces in 2000 in the argun gorge, chechnya, 90 fighters stopped about 3,000 islamic militants at the cost of their lives. only six paratroopers survived. throughout

the history of russia, pskov and the pskov cities of the fortress stood guard over the russian land in 2009. in pskov, the honorary title city of military glory was awarded.