Yushkinskaya Volost is a rural settlement in Gdov Municipal District of Pskov Oblast in northern Russia inhabited by Russians, Estonians, Belarusians, and Romas. The volost covers 268.32 square kilometres (103.60 sq mi) and includes 32 villages, one of which is uninhabited. The administrative center is the village of Yushkino, which is, however, only the third largest by population after Trutnevo and Vetvenik.

Yushkinskaya Volost
Юшкинская волость
Map with a pushpin in it, showing location of Yushkinskaya Volost within Pskov Oblast
Map with a pushpin in it, showing location of Yushkinskaya Volost within Pskov Oblast
Yushkinskaya Volost
Yushkinskaya Volost within Pskov Oblast
Coordinates: 58°38′42″N 27°52′26″E / 58.64500°N 27.87389°E / 58.64500; 27.87389
CountryRussia
Province (Oblast)Pskov
Municipal DistrictGdov
Administrative centerYushkino
Area
 • Total268.32 km2 (103.60 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total778[1]
Time zoneMoscow Time (UTC+03:00)

Although remote and hardly accessible, this area attracts some tourists and dachniks (owners of seasonal second homes, usually log cabins or small cottages) due to its untouched nature, ecology, traditional way of life and some objects of cultural and historical heritage of local significance. Many of its villages are not connected to Gdov by regular public transport. The quality of rural roads is very poor and in winter and rainy seasons it is hard to reach some remote settlements by an ordinary car.

Only five of the 32 villages have permanent convenience stores, other are served by so-called avtolavkas (Russian: автола́вка), trucks with essential goods which arrive from Gdov once in a week or two and stay for around thirty minutes in each settlement.

There are two schools in Yushkinskaya Volost, one in Vetvenik and one in Trutnevo. Vetvenik school only offers primary education which covers grades from 1 to 4, while Trutnevo school has all grades of secondary education up to 11.[2] The only post office in the area is located in Trutnevo.

Population

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Constituent communities

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Number Locality Type of locality Population (2002)
1 Trutnevo Village 281
2 Vetvenik Village 89
3 Yushkino Village, administrative center 52
4 Zigoska I Village 51
5 Beshkino I Village 50
6 Storozhinets Village 29
7 Neznamo Pole Village 28
8 Lunyovshchina Village 26
9 Zigoska II Village 24
10 Kozlovo Village 21
11 Stropitsy Village 19
12 Dukhnova Gora Village 18
13 Beshkino II Village 15
14 Gorka Village 15
15 Lodygin Dvor Village 13
16 Rechitsy Malye Village 13
17 Sidorovshchina Village 13
18 Kunest Village 10
19 Zagorye Village 9
20 Ruchyi Village 9
21 Shelopugino Village 9
22 Andronova Gora Village 8
23 Zaborovye Village 7
24 Sorokina Gora Village 6
25 Strektovo Village 6
26 Zabrednyazhye Village 4
27 Burtsovshchina Village 2
28 Zapolye Village 2
29 Kurino Village 2
30 Merzlyakovo Village 2
31 Zamoshye Village 1
32 Zamikushye Village 0

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