created in September 1941 and existed until March 1942. After that, it was liquidated. During the liquidation, more than 100 Jews were shot in pits. The perpetrators of the shooting were local Russian policemen. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sebezh serves as the administrative center of Sebezhsky District, to which it is directly subordinated. As a municipal division, the town of Sebezh, together with sixty-eight rural localities, is incorporated within Sebezhsky Municipal District as Sebezh Urban Settlement. Economy Transportation The M9 Highway, which connects Moscow and Riga, passes Sebezh. Another road connects Sebezh with Opochka. There are also local roads. The railway connecting Moscow and Riga also passes Sebezh. Culture and recreation Sebezh contains one cultural heritage monument of federal significance and additionally fifteen objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance. The federally protected monument is the Trinity Church, a formerly Catholic church consecrated in 1648, when Sebezh was still part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It is probably the oldest baroque structure in Russia. As of 2013, the church is closed to the public because of reconstruction. Sebezh is home to the Sebezh District Museum, founded in 1927 and displaying collections of local interest. Born in Sebezh Semyon Dimanstein, Jewish Soviet state activist, publisher Zinovy Gerdt, Russian Soviet actor Witold Rudziński, Polish composer References Notes Sources Архивный отдел Псковского облисполкома. Государственный архив Псковской области. "Административно-территориальное деление Псковской области (1917–1988 гг.). Справочник". (Administrative-Territorial Structure of Pskov Oblast (1917–1988). Reference.) Книга I. Лениздат, 1988 External links Official website of Pskov Oblast. Information about Sebezh Unofficial website of Sebezh Cities and towns in Pskov Oblast Polotsk Voivodeship Sebezhsky Uyezd Pskov Governorate