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39th International Hanseatic Days 2019

RUSSIA BEGINS HERE BEGINS HERE Norway Where is Pskov located? Pskov – is an important tourist center of . The list of cultural heritage of the Russian Federation includes Trinity Cathedral, Pskov fortress, Mirozhsky monastery, Pogankiny Chamber, a number of Sweden ancient churches of Pskov. The city is also a transport hub located at the intersection of railroads and highways. Pskov Region – is the westernmost federal subject of the Russian Finland Russia Federation. It is the only region which borders at once with three states - Estonia, and Byelorussia. Stockholm Helsinki St.Petersburg Ivangorod Tikhvin Tallinn Kingisepp Tot'ma Distance from Pskov to major cities Estonia Novgorod Pärnu ~ 347 кm Kohtla-Järve ~ 295 кm St. Petersburg ~ 278 кm Latvia Torzhok Yaroslavl Pskov , Tallinn ~ 345 кm Narva ~ 243 кm ~ 217 кm Kaliningrad Tver Lithuania Tartu ~ 157 кm Ivangorod ~ 243 кm Vladimir Mosсow Kingisepp ~ 218 кm Minsk Smolensk Poland Ryazan Tula Belarus Bryansk Võru ~ 97 кm Staraya Russa ~ 216 кm Warsaw Brest Gomel Orel Valga ~ 161 кm Vologda~ 843 кm Tambov Valka ~ 161 кm Kursk Voronezh Riga ~ 283 кm Slovakia Kiev

Hungary Volgograd Kazakhstan Ukraine Rezekne ~ 161 кm Moscow ~ 743 кm Moldova ~ 264 кm Romania Chisinau Vilnius ~ 430 кm Vitebsk ~ 351 кm Kaliningrad ~ 553 кm Kiev ~ 945 кm Bucharest Simferopol Kerch Krasnodar Armavir Distance from Pskov to major European capital cities: Sevastopol Stockholm – 860 кm Sofia Novorossiysk Helsinki – 700 кm Bulgaria Black Sea Groznyy Berlin – 1200 кm Georgia The City of Brussels – 1740 кm Batumi Tbilisi

Ankara Azerbaijan Baku Greece Armenia Turkey Erevan 3 Athens How to get there? How to get there?

By plane: By bus: The nearby airports: from Moscow (driving time 15 hours) from St. Petersburg (driving time 5 hours)  Pskov (flights from Moscow («Domodedovo International Airport» every Monday, Wednesday and Friday; flights from St. from Riga (driving time 5 hours) Petersburg («Pulkovo Airport » every Friday) from Tallinn (driving time 6.5 hours) from Tartu (driving time 3 hours)  Tallinn from Vitebsk (driving time 5 hours)  Tartu  St. Petersburg By train:  Riga from Moscow (travel time 12 hours) from St. Petersburg (travel time 6 hours) For registered participants of Pskov International Hanseatic Days a special transfer from Riga International Airport and St. Petersburg Pulkovo Airport can be arranged for the same price as regular bus ticket. You can take advantage of this offer by selecting the corresponding item while registering for the event.

4 5 How to get there? Leningrad region By car: There are 8 international border crossing CHUDOVO points in Pskov region: Novgorod region Shumilkino – Luhamaa (Russia – Estonia) Kunichina Gora – Koidula (Russia – Estonia) VELIKY NOVGOROD

Москва Ubylinka – Grebnevo (Russia – Latvia) Ludonka – Vientuli (Russia – Latvia) STARAYA RUSSA ESTONIA Burachki –Terehova (Russia – Latvia) Kunichina Gora Brunishevo – Pededze (Russia – Latvia) PSKOV Shumilkino – Luhamaa Tver region Dolostsy – Yuhovichi (Russia – Byelorussia) Brunishevo – Pededze Yezerische – Lobok (Russia – Byelorussia) Ludonka – Vientuli

PYTALOVO Ubylinka – Grebnevo

Riga Burachki –Terehova Moscow LATVIA VELIKIE LUKI Dolostsy – Yuhovichi Yezerische – Lobok

BELARUS

Kiev UKRAINE

6 7 Recommended Russia – Latvia Border Crossing Points Border crossing regulations International Border-Crossing Point «Ubylinka (Russia) - Grebnevo 1. The Russian Federation Visa a visa and visa fee removal for (Latvia)» The one-entry visa invitation for official participants of the 181410 Pskov region, Pytalovo district , Ubylinka official delegates (including culture International Hanseatic Days in Pskov. Tel.: (81147) 2-17-05 groups, craftsmen, journalists) will be arranged in cooperation with 2. Border crossing procedure

the Municipality of Pskov. While crossing the border you will Recommended Russia – Estonia Border Crossing Points When registering, please, send the be asked to fill in the following International Border-Crossing Point «Shumilkino – Luhamaa» following information and required forms: 181512 Pskov region, Pechory district, Shumilkino village documents to the e-mail given in – Migration Card (it can be obtained tel.: 8(1148) 23101 the registration form. aboard a plane, on a train or at fax: 8(1148) 23101 – foreign passport copy Border Control Office). – place of work – Custom Declaration form (the International Border-Crossing Point «Kunichina Gora – Koidula» – work address sample in English and German is here: 181500 Pskov region, Pechory district, Kunichina Gora village – Koidula, – job position http://www.customs.ru/index.php? Värska vald Põlva maakond (Estonia) Visa invitation will be issued within option=com_content&view=article tel.: (81148) 9-34-27 1-1.5 months. The Ministry of &id=13709&Itemid=1986. Foreign Affairs of the Russian (In Rostok in 2018 blank Custom Federation is currently considering Declaration forms will be given to the issue of simplified obtaining all the delegates)

Goods prohibited for import: – tobacco and tobacco products – the amount of alcoholic (more than 200/50 cigars or beverages should not exceed 250 grams of tobacco per person) 5 liters per person – weapons and ammunition – fuel (more than 10 liters in – narcotic and psychotropic a separate tank) substances – living wild animals and wild plants

8 9 Attention! In order to provide easy border crossing we kindly ask you to prepare the list of imported goods and its amount in advance (by Rostok International Hanseatic Days 2018). Submitted information allows us to consider each list with the Federal Customs Service and thus, foster border crossing procedure. Currently, after the meeting of the Head of Pskov Ivan Tsetsersky with Head of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation Vladimir Bulavin it was decided to organize a Committee within the Customs Service – especially for the 39th International Hanseatic Days 2019 in Pskov. This allows us to consider the possibility of duty-free import of goods to the Hanseatic Market. Each Hanseatic city will be informed in advance about the conditions of import according to the submitted list of goods. Lists of goods can be sent to the email address: [email protected] as well as any other questions.

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