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Velikiye Luki(Redirected from Velikie Luki)
Velikiye Luki (also transliterated as Velikie Luki, Russian Великие Луки) - city on the Lovat' River in Russia, in Pskov Oblast. 104,979 inhabitants (2002). Founded in 1211 as a fortress, since 1478 part of Muscovy. During World War II intensive fighting took place in the vicinity between German and Soviet forces during 1941 and 1942. In late 1942 a German force of about 7,000 was surrounded in the town which has been turned into a fortress. After months of heavy fighting, the German defenders were finally wiped out in January 1943. As a result of this siege the city suffered heavy destruction. See alsoThe contents of this article are licensed from Wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License.
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