Pytalovo (in 1925–38 — Jaunlatgale, in 1938–45 — Abrene), city (since 1933), district center in Pskov Oblast (Russian Federation). In the 19th — early 20th century — in Ostrov

District of Pskov Governorate. In 1920–40 — part of the Republic of Latvia, from 1940 — Latvian SSR, from 1945 — part of the RSFSR. In 1935, 61 Jews (5%) lived in P.

The Jewish population of P. declined during the

1930s. In 1935, a synagogue and a cell of the Zionist movement

“Herzliya” were active in P.

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