2, 1957, Velikiye Luki Oblast was abolished and Opochetsky District was transferred to Pskov Oblast. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Opochka serves as the administrative center of Opochetsky District, to which it is directly subordinated. As a municipal division, the town of Opochka is incorporated within Opochetsky Municipal District as Opochka Urban Settlement. Economy Industry There are enterprises of food and textile industries in Opochka. Transportation The M20 Highway, which connects St. Petersburg and Vitebsk via Pskov, passes Opochka. Another road connects Opochka with Sebezh. There are also local roads. Culture and recreation Opochka contains five cultural heritage monuments of federal significance and additionally thirty-four objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance. The federally protected monuments are the Intercession Church, the postal station, the Kukolkin House, and the Chernyshyov House, as well as an archeological site. Notable people Opochka is the birthplace of architect Lev Rudnev and geologist Nikolai Kudryavtsev. Sergey Yustinovich Bagotsky (1879-1953), Russian Marxist revolutionary, Soviet medicine and Red Cross diplomat 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. Cities and towns in Pskov Oblast Opochetsky Uyezd Opochetsky District