Псков.Кремль.

Fast growth of the town was marked by the construction of new rings of the fortification walls: the Dovmont wall of the late 15 th century (6 hectares) the Mayor Boris's wall of 1303 (20 hectares, dismantled in the end of the 15th century), the Middle Town wall of 1465 (211 hectare). In 1510 there were 6500 houses within the walls of the town. The population counted nearly 30 thousand people.
Bewildering austerity and harmony of Pskovian architecture reflected the entire mode of life of the Pskovites, who called their town "Master Pskov" and later, at the end of the 15 th century - "Pskovian State".
They lived in their mansions behind fences and were protected with the posad walls.
They produced all they needed themselves in their manors, scattered all over the Pskovian land. Extra produce was brought to the market. They settled their conflicts under the Prince and the elected Law Court. They buried their dead within Dovmont town and in the church yards. They settled their home affairs in Veche square.
The real life of the Pskovites was far from idealistic. There was a fear of fights, accompanied by fires, epidemics, cropfailures.
A feeling of tension had often been present in town. It revealed itself either in spreading of heretical teaching against the official church or witch-hunting or cruel clashes with the prince's soldiers at the Market place, called "Torg". In 1483-1486 a great peasant uprising happened in Pskovian land, it was one of the largest agrarian outbreaks of the 15 th century. The reason for it was an attempt by the municipal administration to redistribute public responsibilities between Pskovian low born people called "smerdy" and high born and wealthy Pskovites, forming a privileged layer of townspeople. That resulted in a great number of victims.
For nearly three centuries Pskov stood guard on the Russian land borders. The constant struggle of Pskov against foreign invaders led to the unification of Pskov with Moscow. The last Pskov Veche was in session in 1510 when Grand Prince of Moscow Vasily III arrived in Pskov...

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