Village Sopki, Kuninsky district, Pskov region, Russia.
Included in the Nazimov volost. It is located 15 km north of the Kunya district center and 6 km west of the Sheikino volost center, on the railway line Velikiye Luki – Kunya – Zhizhitsa, stopping point 282 km.
Assumption Church in the village of Sopki, Kuninsky District, Pskov Region. Baroque brick church, built in 1752 by the landowner A. I. Lavrova.
Octagon building on a quad with a refectory and a separate three-tiered tetrahedral bell tower. Closed no later than the 1930s. Empty, in serious condition.
The occupation of the territory by German troops in 1941-1943 caused serious damage to the national economy of the region. More than 11,000 residents of the Great Patriotic War, that is, every seventh inhabitant of the region, died or were killed on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. Dozens of villages were destroyed, and it was impossible to restore them. The remains of 16516 soldiers and officers of the Red Army are buried in 31 military graves of the region.
