Przhevalskoye
Przhevalskoye
Пржевальское | |
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Settlement | |
Administration building in Przhevalskoye | |
Location of Przhevalskoye | |
| Coordinates: 55°31′N 31°52′E / 55.517°N 31.867°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Smolensk Oblast |
| Administrative district | Demidovsky District |
| Urban settlement | Przhevalskoye |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1974 |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.25 km2 (4.34 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,683 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
| • Capital of | Przhevalskoye Urban Settlement |
| • Municipal district | Demidovsky Municipal District |
| • Urban settlement | Przhevalskoye Urban Settlement |
| • Capital of | Przhevalskoye Urban Settlement |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| Postal code(s) | 216270 |
| OKTMO ID | 66611153051 |
| 2010 Census | 1,683 |
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| 2002 Census | 2,110 |
| 1989 Census | 2,883 |
| 1979 Census | 2,811 |
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.