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The Pskov region has submitted applications to the Ministry of Culture for the restoration of monuments worth 200 million rubles. The Pskov region has prepared almost two dozen applications to the Federal Target Program "Culture of Russia (2012-2018)" for design and restoration work on the monuments of the region in 2015 with a total funding of more than 200 million rubles. The list of objects included in the applications included the House of Pechenko and Solodezhnya, the estate of Volyshevo, the House of Batov. On August 13, the first round of discussion of applications took place at the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. All materials submitted by the region are accepted for consideration. The final list and amounts of funding under the federal program will be known by the beginning of 2015. / PAI

An exhibition of finds found during this archaeological season has opened in Pskov. On August 15, the Archaeological Center of the Pskov Region hosted the opening of an exhibition of finds that were discovered during excavations in Pskov this season. So, at the excavation on Lenin Street, mouthpieces of Dutch smoking pipes of the 17th-18th centuries, casting molds, a bone horse for a child's leg, keys and locks were found. At the excavation on Vorovsky Street, archaeologists discovered items that people lost during the descent to the river - beads, coins, a painted egg-rattle. Fishing items and floats were also found. Crosses and other grave goods were found at the same excavation site. A ring, a horseshoe, a fragment of a bottle were found. At the Mikhailovsky excavation site on Sverdlov Street, 62 finds of different times - from the 13th to the 18th centuries. Medieval lighting devices for holding a torch, gun flints for striking a spark, part of a bunny whistle - a children's toy, a large amber bead. The main find at the Pokrovsky complex is a signet ring depicting a unicorn from the 16th century, which is very well preserved. Many coins were also found, a fragment of a golden pendant with a small pearl, ladies' jewelry, belt pads, weights, bucket handles, knives, a tow pin, retouched window panes, iron cannonballs, an arrowhead and lead bullets. / PLN

Pre-election campaigning in the media starts in the Pskov region. In accordance with the electoral legislation, from August 16, on the channels of television and radio broadcasting organizations and in print periodicals, the election campaign of candidates for deputies, heads of municipalities and governors will start, who in the Pskov region will be elected on a single voting day in less than a month. Election campaigning is carried out during the period that begins 28 days before voting day, that is, from August 16, and ends at zero o'clock local time one day before voting day. On the Day of Silence, only previously posted campaign materials may remain in place, provided that they are located no closer than 50 meters from the polling stations. By law, campaigning in the media is carried out exclusively at the expense of election funds. Candidates will have airtime on five TV and radio channels every working day for four weeks, with half of the airtime devoted to debates. Candidates have the right to buy time. Seven TV channels, 20 radio stations, 45 newspapers and magazines, online publications can offer their air. In total, the election commission of the Pskov region received notifications from 79 television and radio broadcasting organizations, editorial offices of periodicals, online media, ready to offer their services to candidates. Recall that a single voting day will be held in Russia on September 14. The election campaign covered 84 regions of Russia. In total, more than 111,000 registered candidates will compete for vacant positions. / PLN

Anton Minakov will replace Sergei Makarchenko as coordinator of the regional branch of the Liberal Democratic Party. On August 16, the regular reporting and election conference of the regional branch of the Liberal Democratic Party took place, it was attended by 94 people. The conference participants elected a new coordinating council. It consisted of 12 people instead of 9, which were earlier. Among them, Sergei Makarchenko, Anton Minakov, Yuri Ashikhmin, Konstantin Sineglazov retained their posts. The powers of the previous coordinating council expired on 13 August. / PLN

A new prosecutor of the Loknyansky district has been appointed. Senior Counselor of Justice Natalya Ivanova has taken up her new position. Natalya Ivanova has been serving in the regional prosecutor's office since July 1, 1998. Prior to her appointment, she held the position of prosecutor of the Bezhanitsky district. During the period of service in the prosecutor's office, she has established herself as a qualified specialist, professionally competent, proactive and demanding leader. / PAI

Andrei Turchak tried Pskov bread. On August 18, Acting Governor of the Pskov Region Andrey Turchak paid a working visit to the Pskov Bakery. Andrey Turchak walked through the workshop where loaves and bread are baked and looked at how the line was working. He himself tasted freshly baked white bread and treated it to the journalists present. Then he went to the workshop, where the employees of the enterprise gathered, and offered to talk about their concerns. / PAI

The 76th Airborne Division was awarded the Order of Suvorov. " On August 18, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the Decree "On awarding the Order of Suvorov to the 76th Guards Airborne Assault Chernigov Red Banner Division" "for the successful completion of combat missions of the command and the heroism and courage shown in doing so. The 76th Guards Chernigov Red Banner Airborne Assault Division is the oldest existing unit of the Airborne Forces of the Russian Armed Forces. Formed September 1, 1939. The base for the deployment of the division was the 221st Black Sea Rifle Regiment of the 74th Taman Rifle Division, created in 1925 on the basis of the 22nd Krasnodar Iron Rifle Division. By the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the division was part of the troops of the North Caucasian Military District. During the war years, the division's combat path was connected with the defense of Odessa, Sevastopol, Kerch, and Stalingrad. Having passed through the Kursk Bulge, crossing the Dnieper, as well as fighting in Belarus, the division ended the war in Germany. Paratroopers took part in the peacekeeping operation in Kosovo in 1999-2001, in both Chechen wars in 1994-1996 and 1999-2007, as well as in the operation to force Georgia to peace. Since 2006, the division has been reprofiled into an air assault division. To date, the 76th division is one of the most combat-ready formations of the Russian Armed Forces. / PAI

Traffic flows in the Pskov region increased by 6 times in summer. Traffic flows in the Pskov region this summer increased by 6 times. This was announced at a meeting of the administration of the Pskov region by the head of the UGIBDD of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Pskov region Anatoly Efimov. According to him, a particularly significant increase in traffic was observed on the M-20 highway and the Gdov direction. “Unfortunately, we couldn't handle this flow,” he said. Anatoly Yefimov noted that over the past period, traffic police officers caught more than 2,000 drivers driving while intoxicated. Photo and video recording systems are in operation at emergency sections, and it is also planned to install information boards on dangerous stretches of roads. / PLN