Pskov

American  

[pskawf] / pskɔf /

noun

1. a lake in N Europe, between Estonia and the W Russian Federation, forming the S part of Lake Peipus.

2. a city near this lake, in the NW Russian Federation.

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Pskov British  

/ pskɔf /

noun

1. a city in NW Russia, on the Velikaya River: one of the oldest Russian cities, at its height in the 13th and 14th centuries. Pop: 203 000 (2005 est)

2. the S part of Lake Peipus in NW Russia, linked to the main part by a channel 24 km (15 miles) long. Area: about 1000 sq km (400 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

In 2021, Putin called a citizen who asked about water quality in the city of Pskov in western Russia and personally assured him he would order the government and local officials to fix the problem.

From Seattle Times

Drones allegedly from Ukraine have previously flown deep into Russia, including to the Moscow region, and recently hit planes at a military airbase in Pskov.

From BBC

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday praised what he said was the use of new Ukrainian weaponry with a range of 700 km - roughly the distance from Ukraine’s border to Pskov, where a Russian military airbase was engulfed in flames a day earlier.

From Reuters

Pskov is approximately 500km from the Ukrainian border.

From BBC

It had already admitted the Pskov attack.

From BBC