Dear readers! Together with scientists, historians, archaeologists, cultural figures of Pskov, Moscow and St. Petersburg, we begin a new project. We want to introduce you to the history of Pskov and the region, as called, first -hand, with a history based only on scientific facts confirmed by chronicles, archaeological finds and conclusions of professional researchers. Our project is dedicated to 1500 - the anniversary of Pskov and the 1100th anniversary of his first mention in the annals.

Changes in 2000 for the customs post "Nevel" ended with the arrival of a new chief. The lieutenant colonel of the customs service A.I. Pyankov, who previously held the position of head of the customs post "Ust-Luga" of the Kingisepp customs, became it. This is another step towards improving the work of Nevelsk customs officers. The customs post "Nevel" was reorganized last autumn from the customs post "Nevelsky".

Sports The press service of the Pskov administration announced the results of an audit of the financial and economic activities of the Pskov football club, which enjoyed great support from the city administration. The inspection revealed a number of violations in the field of misuse of budgetary funds, which is unacceptable. Therefore, the director of the MU "FC" Pskov "A. I. Lilitsa was reprimanded for financial violations.

Today, Pskov is built up without orientation on urban planning documentation. The general plan, approved in 1973, has exhausted his resource. In 1995, the Pskovgrazhdanproekt Institute, together with the Urbanism Institute (St. Petersburg), began to develop the first stage of the new general plan of the city-its concept. But the preliminary results of the work have not yet been agreed, not considered and not approved.

Materials on two facts of receiving a bribe by employees of the Velikoluksky customs were transferred to the prosecutor's office for initiating criminal cases. In total, five cases of gross abuse of official position have been revealed only recently in the Velikoluksky customs. The head of customs, colonel of the customs service Sergei Vikulov believes that such facts should be known not only to the staff, but also to the public.

“We walked mummers on Christmas. They sang to Kolyada. To whom you pour a glass, to whom you will give a candy, a piece of cake. People have fun. Hto grandfather, and hto Baba Yaga (a bad skirt is black, long). The baton will take an unclean, with branches, so that the ugly is. The woman is ugly, you need to select it for it. Paper masks were made, hto a blue nose, hto is red. The personality is closed - eyes and blue and red nose. Instead of a beard - flax was tied.

When did our era come? There are two questions that we ask ourselves every year on the eve of the Nativity of Christ. First: why exactly on this day, and not on some other day of his birth? On this score, atheists have an explanation related to the fact that the Church, knowing the custom of almost all peoples to celebrate the day of the winter solstice, without ado, set the date of birth of Christ on the day from which the night becomes shorter.

The Pskov region was introduced to its representative in the Federation Council V. Tumanov, V. Sidorenko, E. Mikhailov, Yu. Shmatov - the names of these regional politicians are well known to the Pskov. Not only surnames, but also biographies, especially - activity in power structures, political views, personal qualities. That is why these people at different times became chosen by the people - represented their interests in the upper house of the Russian parliament.

From Alexey Kazarin Among the natural protective properties in the human body, the thyroid gland plays a particularly important role. The hormone thyroxine secreted by it increases the body's resistance and the ability of cells to get rid of harmful substances, stimulates the synthesis of blood hemoglobin. The secret of its action is that it consists of 65% iodine. The importance of the thyroid gland is evidenced by the fact that in a newborn, its weight is up to 0.5% of the total body weight.

Christmas stories and meetings have their own laws. One of them is a good end. With the hero of our meeting, the story happened life, moreover, a dramatic one. But it ended kindly. And, as in a fairy tale, he, who entered into the struggle with the forces of evil and the fiery element, came out of it the winner. And love ... Well, how without her? What's in a fairy tale, what in life ...

An exhibition of Latvian art takes place in the order chamber. The thesis of the students of the Riga college (departments of ceramics, textiles, leather, needlework, design) are presented. Many of the graduates are participants in international exhibitions. The exhibition "Christmas gifts" is called to answer the question: what to give a relative or friend for the New Year and Christmas. Tapestry "Garden of Joy" Lyena Ratnik attracts the attention of all guests.

The best swimmers of the region in Pskov held the championship of the region in swimming, during which a number of high results were shown. The master of sports Valery Alekseev, who won in six numbers of the program, distinguished himself among the young men. And in the 100m breaststroke, he set a new regional record. In freestyle swimming there was no equal to the master of sports Dmitry Solovyov, who excelled in four heats, and at a distance of 800 m also updated the regional record.

The anniversary birthday - the first day of the New Year, centuries and millennia - for the actress of the Academic Drama Theater named after A. S. Pushkin Nina Viktorovna Semenova turned out to be an ordinary working day. In the performance of the New Year tree, she played a cunning fox, and in the New Year's fairy tale - a powerful lord of the wind. There was never a division into large and small roles for her: they all became part of her life.

In Moscow, in the building of the Orlyonok concert complex, Minister of Justice Yuri Chaika presented government awards to the Pskov Zubrovites. Thirteen employees of the Zubr special-purpose detachment of the Pskov Region Penitentiary Department of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation were awarded the Order of Courage for courage and professionalism shown during the operation to liberate the village of Komsomolskoye in the Chechen Republic from bandit formations.

The Sports Committee and the Pskov Boxing Federation held an open city championship dedicated to the memory of boxers. More than 100 athletes from 10 teams entered the ring. Boxers from the Leningrad Region, Velikiye Luki, Dno, Lokni, Pechora, Pustoshki came to visit the hosts of the competition, and the participation of athletes from Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, gave the tournament an international status. The championship was held in four age categories.