Yushkinskaya Volost

Yushkinskaya Volost is a rural settlement in Gdov Municipal District of Pskov Oblast in northern Russia inhabited by Russians, Estonians, Belarusians, and Romas. The volost covers 268.32 square kilometres (103.60 sq mi) and includes 32 villages, one of which is uninhabited. The administrative center is the village of Yushkino, which is, however, only the third largest by population after Trutnevo and Vetvenik.

Yushkinskaya Volost

Юшкинская волость
Rural settlement
Yushkinskaya Volost
Yushkinskaya Volost within Pskov Oblast
Coordinates: 58°38′42″N 27°52′26″E
CountryRussia
Province (Oblast)Pskov
Municipal DistrictGdov
Administrative centerYushkino
Area
 • Total268.32 km2 (103.60 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total778[1]
Time zoneMoscow Time (UTC+03:00)

Although remote and hardly accessible, this area attracts some tourists and dachniks (owners of seasonal second homes, usually log cabins or small cottages) due to its untouched nature, ecology, traditional way of life and some objects of cultural and historical heritage of local significance. Many of its villages are not connected to Gdov by regular public transport. The quality of rural roads is very poor and in winter and rainy seasons it is hard to reach some remote settlements by an ordinary car.

Only five of the 32 villages have permanent convenience stores, other are served by so-called avtolavkas (Russian: автола́вка), trucks with essential goods which arrive from Gdov once in a week or two and stay for around thirty minutes in each settlement.

There are two schools in Yushkinskaya Volost, one in Vetvenik and one in Trutnevo. Vetvenik school only offers primary education which covers grades from 1 to 4, while Trutnevo school has all grades of secondary education up to 11.[2] The only post office in the area is located in Trutnevo.

Population

Constituent communities
NumberLocalityType of localityPopulation (2002)
1TrutnevoVillage281
2VetvenikVillage89
3YushkinoVillage, administrative center52
4Zigoska IVillage51
5Beshkino IVillage50
6StorozhinetsVillage29
7Neznamo PoleVillage28
8LunyovshchinaVillage26
9Zigoska IIVillage24
10KozlovoVillage21
11StropitsyVillage19
12Dukhnova GoraVillage18
13Beshkino IIVillage15
14GorkaVillage15
15Lodygin DvorVillage13
16Rechitsy MalyeVillage13
17SidorovshchinaVillage13
18KunestVillage10
19ZagoryeVillage9
20RuchyiVillage9
21ShelopuginoVillage9
22Andronova GoraVillage8
23ZaborovyeVillage7
24Sorokina GoraVillage6
25StrektovoVillage6
26ZabrednyazhyeVillage4
27BurtsovshchinaVillage2
28ZapolyeVillage2
29KurinoVillage2
30MerzlyakovoVillage2
31ZamoshyeVillage1
32ZamikushyeVillage0
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References
  1. Permanent population of municipal divisions of Pskov Oblast, 01/01/2016
  2. Schools of Russia: Catalogue
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