Vyshgorodok
| Vyshgorodok (English) Вышгородок (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Pskov Oblast in Russia |
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| Administrative status (as of 2009) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Pskov Oblast |
| Administrative district | Pytalovsky District |
| Statistics | |
| Population (2000 est.) | 534 inhabitants |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Founded | 1476 |
| Postal code(s) | 181420 |
Vyshgorodok (Russian: Вышгородок) (Latvian: Višgorodoka or Augšpils) is a rural locality (village) in Gavry volost, Pytalovsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia, founded in the 15th century as a borderline fortress.
During the 13th-15th century Pskov Republic was engaged in the bordeline conflicts with the Livonian Order, Archbishopric of Riga and the Great Duchy of Lithuania. One of these resulted from the Orderial claims for the territories west from the Krasny Gorodok. With the truce of 1476 Master of the Livonian Order Bernd von der Borch abandoned these claims.
The inhabitants of the Kokshiono parish, however, requested the Veche (council) and the Prince of Pskov to secure the border with military means to save them from Livonian raids. In 1476 a wooden fortress was founded on the river by two posadniks of Pskov - Alexey Vassilievich and Moisey Fyodorovich. Construction was completed in 1478. It had limestone basement, two wooden watchtowers and gates on the edges facing Pskov and Livonia. The Germans, in turn, maintained their bordeline castle of Viļaka Castle (now Viļaka) some 25 km. to the west (since 1294).
In 1479 Livonian knights attacked Vyshgorodok burning down the fortress and the church there, and killing the villagers. The next year 1480 Livonians repeated their raid. Pskov called Muscovy for help and in 1482 joint forces responded with intrusion into the Livonian lands.
The fortress of Vyshgorodok was never restored, but the settlement developed and expanded into a town of Vyshgorodok, hosting the Pskovian garrison that watched after the border. The town was ruled by the vicegerent appointed from Pskov and was an administrative center of the county consisted of eight parishes: Borisoglebskaya, Grivskaya, Kokshinskaya, Lebetskaya, Korovskaya Ovsitskaya, Yolkinskaya and Kukhovskaya.
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