- The city of Izborsk on the western border of Russia is effectively where the Russian state began.
- Izborsk is a rural locality (village) in Pechorsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia. It contains one of the most ancient and impressive fortresses of Western Russia.
- Izborsk was captured twice by the Germans in 1233 and in the summer of 1240. ... Izborsk fortress of the XIV century is located on the Zheravy Mountain.
- 30 km from Pskov, is located the ancient Old Izborsk. At the beginning of the 14th century, a fortress was built here on Zheravy mountain.
- In the later 1500s Izborsk was one of the smaller, but nonetheless strategically important fortresses that protected the northwest Russian borders from invasion.
- In 1330 stone fortress with local limestone was erected by Pskov's and Izborsk's stonecutters under Pskov's posadnik Sheloga control.
- In the later 1500s Izborsk was one of the smaller, but nonetheless strategically important fortresses that protected the northwest Russian borders from invasion.
- Izborsk Fortress is a ruined medieval fortress and settlement in western Russia with a history dating back to the 7th century.
- The main attraction of Izborsk is its old limestone fortress built in the first half of the 14th century.
- One of the main sights of Izborsk is a fortress on the Giravia mountain, which was built in the 14th century and has reached our days in a relatively good condition.