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Izborsk
Izborsk is an old village in Pskov Oblast, Russia, near the Estonian border, and one of the oldest towns of the Rus'. The Primary Chronicle names it among the towns of the Krivichs and as the seat of Truvor, a brother of Rurik. Its stone fortress, built in the 14th century on a new site, guarded the western approaches to Pskov.
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