Przhevalskoye

Przhevalskoye
Пржевальское
Settlement
Administration building in Przhevalskoye
Location of Przhevalskoye
Przhevalskoye
Location of Przhevalskoye
Przhevalskoye
Przhevalskoye (Smolensk Oblast)
Coordinates: 55°31′N 31°52′E / 55.517°N 31.867°E / 55.517; 31.867
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSmolensk Oblast
Administrative districtDemidovsky District
Urban settlementPrzhevalskoye
Urban-type settlement status since1974
Area
  Total
11.25 km2 (4.34 sq mi)
Population
  Total
1,683
  Density150/km2 (390/sq mi)
  Capital ofPrzhevalskoye Urban Settlement
  Municipal districtDemidovsky Municipal District
  Urban settlementPrzhevalskoye Urban Settlement
  Capital ofPrzhevalskoye Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code(s)
216270
OKTMO ID66611153051
Przhevalskoye population
2010 Census1,683
2002 Census2,110
1989 Census2,883
1979 Census2,811

Przhevalskoye (Russian: Пржева́льское) is an urban locality (a settlement) in Demidovsky District of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located in the northwestern part of the oblast, on Lake Sapsho, northeast of the town of Demidov, the administrative center of the district. It is a terminus of the Demidov-Przhevalskoye Highway. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,683.

The settlement is home to the Museum of Nikolay Przhevalsky, which occupies the mansion of the famous traveler. Previously called Sloboda (Слобода́), it was renamed after Przhevalsky in 1964.