Uritsky Lake

Lake Uritskoe is located in the Velikioluksky district of the Pskov region. Previously it was called Serut or Sirut Lake. In 1942, it appears as Lake Shiroto. Its area is 1,230 hectares. The average depth of the lake is 6 meters, the largest is 10 meters. The lake is flowing, from it flows the river Seruchitsa, connecting it with the river Luvat. On the northern shore of the lake is the village of Uritskoe.

The lake has a bottom covered with sand and pebbles. In the lake live such species of fish as bream, perch, perch, pike, roach, carp, moult, catfish, roach, carp and many others. You get crayfish. The lake is a monument of nature.

In 1941, in the vicinity of the lake there was a retreat of the 62 infantry corps of the 22 army of the Western Front. On one of the shores of the lake, near the village of Rudnya, in 1943-1944, a military airfield was based. Near the village of Uritskoe is a fraternal burial of 386 soldiers who fell in the battles of 1941-1945. Near the grave you can see a monument to the residents of the village of Uritskoe, shot by the Nazis in 1942.