Pustoshka, Pustoshkinsky District, Pskov Oblast
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Pskov Oblast |
| Administrative district | Pustoshkinsky District |
| Administrative center of | Pustoshkinsky District |
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| Municipal district | Pustoshkinsky Municipal District |
| Urban settlement | Pustoshka Urban Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Pustoshkinsky Municipal District, Pustoshka Urban Settlement |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 4,619 inhabitants |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Founded | 1901 |
| Town status since | 1925 |
| Postal code(s) | 182300 |
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Pustoshka (Russian: Пусто́шка) is a town and the administrative center of Pustoshkinsky District in Pskov Oblast, Russia, located on the Krupeya River, 191 kilometers (119 mi) southeast of Pskov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 4,619 (2010 Census);5,509 (2002 Census);6,332 (1989 Census).
It was founded in 1901 due to the construction of a railway and was granted town status in 1925. At the time, it was the administrative center of Pustoshkinskaya Volost of Sebezhsky Uyezd in Pskov Governorate.
On August 1, 1927, the uyezds and governorates were abolished and Pustoshkinsky District, with the administrative center in Pustoshka, was established as a part of Velikiye Luki Okrug of Leningrad Oblast. It included parts of former Nevelsky, Opochetsky, and Sebezhsky Uyezds. On June 3, 1929, Pustoshkinsky District was transferred to Western Oblast. On July 23, 1930, the okrugs were also abolished and the districts were directly subordinated to the oblast. On January 29, 1935, Western Oblast was abolished and the district was transferred to Kalinin Oblast, and on February 5 of the same year, Pustoshkinsky District became a part of Velikiye Luki Okrug of Kalinin Oblast, one of the okrugs abutting the state boundaries of the Soviet Union. On May 4, 1938, the district was transferred to Opochka Okrug. On February 5, 1941, the okrug was abolished. Between July 16, 1941 and February 27, 1944, Pustoshka was occupied by German troops. On August 22, 1944, the district was transferred to newly established Velikiye Luki Oblast. On October 2, 1957, Velikiye Luki Oblast was abolished and Pustoshkinsky District was transferred to Pskov Oblast. The district was abolished on February 1, 1963 but reinstated on January 12, 1965.
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