Daugavpils). As of 2012, there was passenger traffic on the railway. The M20 Highway, which connects St. Petersburg and Vitebsk via Pskov, passes Ostrov as well. Ostrov is the northern terminus of the European route E262, which proceeds to Kaunas via Rēzekne and Daugavpils. There are also road connections from Ostrov northwest to Pechory via Palkino, northeast to Porkhov, and southeast to Novorzhev, as well as local roads. Military The town was home to Ostrov air base, a major medium-range bomber base during the Cold War. Culture and recreation The town possesses a Neoclassical cathedral from 1790 and a typical Pskovian church from 1543. Close at hand is a historical suspension bridge, opened in 1853 (winter view, summer view). Ostrov hosts the Ostrov District Museum, the only museum in the district. 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 The murder of the Jews of Ostrov during World War II, at Yad Vashem website. Cities and towns in Pskov Oblast Ostrovsky Uyezd Holocaust locations in Russia