Dedovichi (Russian: Дедовичи) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Dedovichsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia, located on the Shelon River east of Pskov.
[10] Whereas the area was populated from the 11th century, and an archeological site existing in Dedovichi shows that a fortress was located there in medieval times, the settlement of Dedovichi was founded in 1901 to serve a railway station, one of the five built on the stretch between Dno and Novosokolniki on the railway connecting Saint Petersburg and Kiev.
On August 1, 1927, the uyezds were abolished, and Dedovichsky District was established, with the administrative center in Dedovichi.
The governorates were abolished as well, and the district became a part of Pskov Okrug of Leningrad Oblast.
[4] In Dedovichi, there are a linum factory,[13] a plant producing pipes,[14] enterprises of food industry, as well as the Pskov power station.