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	Abrene district - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This part of the former Abrene district is now part of the Russian Federation as the Pytalovo District of Pskov Oblast, bordering Latvia.
		The Abrene region was long a point of contact and friction between the Finno-Ugric, Baltic, and Slavic languages, cultures, tribes, and countries.
		The Russian name for the town and region, Pytalovo, probably derives from the Finno-Ugric tulva, "tributary, flood"; the region was part of the Latgalian land of Tolowa (or Tholowa; Latvian: Tālava), which came under Russian domination in the time of Mstislav the Brave of Smolensk, ca.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abrene_region (1254 words)

	Official site of Pskov region / Pytalovo District
		Pytalovo district is located in the southwest of the Pskov Region.
		The brightest sightseeing locales of Pytalovo district are St. Martyrs Boris and Gleb Temple in Vyshgorodok (first mentioned in 1427) and Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Pustoye Voskresenye village – a unique monument of Pskov architecture of the 15th century dated 1496 by the turnkey inscription.
		Among places of interest in town Pytalovo special attention deserve the modern style railroad station building built in the early 20th century, the wooden building of the functioning St. Nicholas Church built in 1931, the post office building (early 20th century) and the house of merchant Ilyin (1920’s) located 9 Pushkinskaya street.
	www.pskov.ru /en/administrative_division/pytalovsky (323 words)

	Pytalovo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pytalovo (Russian: Пыталово, Latvian: Abrene) is a town in Pskov Oblast (province) of Russia, an administrative center of Pytalovo Raion (district).
		Pytalovo village by 1878 had population of 57 and belonged to Ostrov uyezd (district) of Pskov Guberniya.
		By Latvian-Soviet Riga Peace Treaty of 1920, part of Ostrov uyezd, including Pytalovo was passed to Latvia and the town was renamed Jaunlatgale (in 1938 Abrene).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pytalovo (223 words)

	Print Documents of the Soviet Intelligence Testify: Abrene Region is Latvian Territory
		In May 2005, the issue of control over Pytalovo (Abrene) district emerged as the main obstacle on the way to signing an agreement for the State border between Russia and Latvia.
		History of Pytalovo regional center, after which the disputable region was called, begins at the end of the 18th century, during the reign of the Russian Empress Catherine the Great.
		In that period, the area surrounding Pytalovo was inhabited by plural Russian and Latvian population.
	www.axisglobe.com /print_article.asp?article=470 (1680 words)

	Encyclopedia: Abrene region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The region became Pytalovo District of Pskov Oblast.
		Pytalovo (Russian:, Latvian: Abrene) is a town in Pskov Oblast (province) of Russia, an administrative center of Pytalovo Raion (district).
		Pytalovo region is presently part of Russia, just as it was historically exept for a short period between 1920-1939.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Abrene-region (868 words)

	LOCEKLI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Pytalovo District is situated in the south-west of Pskov region.
		Pytalovo District consists of 10 communities and Pytalovo town.
		Pytalovo District consists of 10 rural communities and Pytalovo municipality.
	www.aluksne.lv /cbc/EN/locekliPR_pit.htm (179 words)

	CPJ News Alert 2005
		New York, May 12, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the detention and harassment this week of a Latvian television crew by local police and federal agents in Pytalovo, a district on the Latvia-Russia border.
		Reporter Ivo Kirsblats, cameraman Maris Jurgensons, and driver Eriks Pakalns of the Riga-based Latvian public television LTV were detained for three hours on the morning of May 9 at the Pytalovo police station.
		The incident comes during border treaty talks between Latvia and Russia, in which the national affiliation of the Pytalovo district is in dispute.
	www.cpj.org /news/2005/Russia12may05na.html (477 words)

	www.rian.ru
		On May 9, the three Latvian reporters were taking video footage of the railroad station in the Pytalovo District, which is an international border entry point, and were apprehended by local police and brought to the immigration control post.
		Particularly, Riga insists on Russia's return of the Pytalovo District that was part of Latvia from the country's gaining independence in 1920 to its accession to the Soviet Union along with Lithuania and Estonia in 1940.
		Moscow believes that signing the treaty is out of question until Riga has abandoned its territorial claims and denounces its statements about "the Russian occupation of the Baltic states".
	en.rian.ru /world/20050511/39966485-print.html (301 words)

	www.rian.ru
		Abrene is the Latvian name of the Russian frontier town of Pytalovo.
		The premier said that this issue could be solved by the Latvian constitutional court or Latvians, apparently meaning a referendum.
		President Putin said that the Baltic states were raising the territorial question "not to get something but to spoil others' attitude to Russia".
	en.rian.ru /world/20050525/40411318-print.html (234 words)

	Abrene region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The town of Abrene, largest town in region, was renamed Pytalovo, other towns were also renamed in Russian.
		The region became Pytalovo district under Pskov Oblast.
		Some territories of Estonia were also detached and attached to Pskov Oblast of RTSFR instead (see Petseri region, East coast of Narva).
	abrene-region.iqnaut.net (370 words)

	Official site of Pskov region / Borders
		The Pskov customs was established by the decree of the Chief Administration of the State Customs Control (SCC) by the Council of Ministers of the USSR of May 23, 1991.
		Already in the early 2000 there were 5 customs in the Pskov Region – in Pskov, Pechory, Pytalovo, Sebezh and Velikiye Luki.
		Later in 2000 by the decrees of the SCC of Russia the Pytalovo and Pechory customs were annexed to that of Pskov.
	www.pskov.ru /en/about_region/borders (233 words)

	Latvia - GEOGRAPHY
		Prior to World War II, Latvia bordered eastern Poland, but as a result of boundary changes by the Soviet Union, this territory was attached to Belorussia.
		Also, in 1944 Russia annexed the northeastern border district of Latvia, known as Abrene, including the town of Pytalovo.
		The physiography of Latvia and its neighboring areas was formed, to a large degree, during the Quartenary period and the Pleistocene ice age, when soil and debris were pushed by glaciers into mounds and hills.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/latvia/GEOGRAPHY.html (2066 words)

	The St. Petersburg Times - News - Pskov Police Deport Latvian Journalists
		The crew also said the windshield of their car was smashed while they were questioned inside a Pskov police station.
		Pskov police said the journalists were detained because they filmed a Pytalovo railroad junction near the Russian-Latvian border without permission.
		A senior Pytalovo official, Yury Russky, said the law required authorization to film within 5 kilometers of the border.
	www.sptimes.ru /story/3532 (410 words)

	Europe and Central Asia Cases 2005
		The Latvian television crew members were detained by local police and federal agents in Pytalovo, a district on the Latvia-Russia border.
		Reporter Kirsblats, cameraman Jurgensons, and driver Eriks Pakalns of the Riga-based Latvian public television LTV were detained for three hours on the morning of May 9 at the Pytalovo police station.
		The body of the 21-year-old cameraman was found alongside a road on the outskirts of the Rostov Region town shortly after he arrived to film illegal drag-race competitions.
	www.cpj.org /cases05/europe_cases05/russia.html (3878 words)

	Art - The Baltic Times- NEWS FROM ESTONIA,LATVIA AND LITHUANIA
		RIGA - A series of opposing statements by Latvian leaders about whether the country could sign a border treaty with Russia this year has underscored key differences in the political stakes of an agreement with the Eastern neighbor.
		A border treaty had been scheduled for signing on May 10 last year, in Moscow, but two weeks before the signing Latvia’s government adopted a unilateral declaration containing a reference to the 1920 Tartu Peace Treaty, according to which Latvia was given the Abrene (Pytalovo) region.
		Russia took the declaration as a territorial claim and said it would not sign the border treaty.
	www.baltictimes.com /art.php?art_id=14321 (826 words)

	Putin lashes out at Latvia amid border treaty dispute - Pravda.Ru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		He said claims today that "somebody owes somebody else five kilometers" were "absolutely unacceptable" and were aimed to spoil relations, not actually regain lost territory.
		That's an expression used by the main character in "The 12 Chairs," a 1920s satirical novel by the authors Ilf and Petrov that has become part of the Russian cultural vernacular.
		Latvia's foreign minister said last week that Latvia would not seek restitution for the land around Pytalovo, which belonged to Latvia until the Soviet government redistributed it to Russia in 1944.
	english.pravda.ru /cis/2005/05/23/59917_.html (669 words)

	Russia deports Latvian TV crew (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		PSKOV, Russia, May 12 (UPI) -- Relations between Latvia and Russia have been strained by the deportation of a Latvian television crew from a border area.
		The three-man crew from LTV was in Russia to film Victory Day celebrations in the Pytalovo district, an area that was once part of Latvia and was joined to Russia immediately after World War II.
		Officials in the Pskov region told the Moscow Times that the crew filmed a train station in violation of regulations that require permission to film within 5 kilometers (about 3 miles) of the border.
	www.softcom.net /webnews/wed/ds/Urussia-latvians.RAUV_FyC.html (190 words)

	RUSSIAN-.htm in Business Recorder on November 02, 1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		At the heart of the dispute is Russia's refusal to acknowledge a 76-year-old peace treaty and to provide compensation for people who lost property in areas seized by the Soviet Union.
		Latvia holds that under the 1920 peace treaty, Russia withdrew its claims on all of Latvia including 1,640 square kilometers of the disputed Pytalovo district in Russia's Pskov region which were annexed in 1940 by the Soviet Union.
		During the previous round of talks, Latvia had proposed that discussions deal only with undisputed parts of the border, but the Latvian side eventually gave in and negotiators agreed that talks should stress "the international legitimization of the border as a whole, rather than in its separate sections."
	www.paksearch.com /br96/Nov/2/RUSSIAN-.htm (281 words)

	ST PETERSBURG PRESS #100 - Refugee row reaches deadlock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		United Nations aid workers were on their way to help the refugees who were believed to be headed for Sweden.
		The train was traveling from Latvia to St Petersburg when it was turned back by officials at the Russian station of Pytalovo, just seven kilometers from the border.
		Immigration police in Riga said it had previously spent a night on the Latvian-Lithuanian border.
	www.friends-partners.org /partners/spbweb/sppress/100/refugee.html (247 words)

	The Baltic Caucus - External News on Baltic States - Russia reacts coolly to "political games" of the U.S. Senators and ...
		The president Putin in his turn replied sardonically to the question if Russia was ready to cede a part of her territory claimed by Estonia and Latvia.
		Putin in an interview given to Komsomolskaya Pravda daily (Pytalovo district is situated in Pskov region in the North-West of Russia).
		The Russian-Latvian border treaty had been already prepared for signing.
	www.house.gov /apps/list/speech/il19_shimkus/coolly.html (496 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - - ARCHIVE - The Court of the Knighthood of the Teutonic Order
		When a state appears to be undergoing the stresses of not just its primary figure chaging, but its ruling party, usually the center of power in said state is not the most prudent place to be.
		Pechory had the feel of a border city, and it wasn't just the abnormally large number of german and baltic looking buildings mixed in with the Russian style that made him feel this.
		He himself had seen the scars on the walls of Isaborsk many times, the earth works at Pytalovo and just recently the soldier on the frontier that was Pechory.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showthread.php?t=128493&page=1 (3729 words)

	Putin Lashes Out at Baltics and Georgia
		Putin, in wide-ranging remarks during a meeting with Komsomolskaya Pravda's editorial staff to celebrate the newspaper's 80th anniversary, ruled out the possibility of holding negotiations about the return of Baltic territories seized by the Soviet Union.
		"They are going to get a big goose egg rather than Pytalovo district," Putin said, referring to a Pskov region border district in northwestern Russia.
		Moscow's relations with the Baltic states have been strained in recent months amid disputes over borders and past history.
	www.benadorassociates.com /pf.php?id=15109 (449 words)

	AP Worldstream: Minister says Latvia won't seek land compensation from Russia for Soviet occupation@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Latvia will not seek to reclaim any of the land redistributed to Russia during the Soviet occupation and will not seek compensation for it, the Latvian foreign minister said.
		Foreign Minister Artis Pabriks told The Associated Press that the Latvian state would not seek restitution for a 1,300-square-kilometer (808-square-mile) tract surrounding the Russian town of Pytalovo that belonged to Latvia until 1944, when the Soviets redistributed it to Russia.
		The above preview is from AP Worldstream, May 13, 2005.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:108690456&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (214 words)

	RUSNET :: Latvia decides to give up territorial claim to Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		RIGA - Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga told the local LTV television channel on Thursday that Latvia had passed a political decision to give up its claims to the Pytalovo district of Russia’s Pskov region.
		The district became part of Russia after World War II.
		Earlier, the Association of Arbene Residents (Arbene is the Latvian name for Pytalovo) demanded no concessions on Arbene and called for a national referendum on its future.
	www.rusnet.nl /news/2005/04/15/print/currentaffairs03.shtml (180 words)

	/ North-West Telecom / News / > PRESS RELEASE/Pskovelectrosviaz Subsidiary of OJSC North-West Telecom Is Building ...
		The start-up of the FOCL-based high-rate transport network has improved the capacity and quality of national and international communication and the Internet bit rate performances, has enabled video communication between Pskov Oblast districts and cities of Russia.
		Today, 10 district central telephone exchanges in Pskov Oblast operate via a fiber optic cable, namely in the towns of Velikiye Luki, Porkhov, Dedovichi, Bezhanitsy, Loknya, Pytalovo, Krasnogorodsk, Ostrov, Pechory, and Palkino.
		Within the framework of North-West Telecom’s investment plan, the subsidiary continues the construction of FOCL on the Krasnogorodsk – Velikiye Luki leg.
	www.nwtelecom.ru /pubsas/test--F9E9086FEF5F4C9BB172C0A9A11350D2/lang--eng (250 words)

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