Nevel (Russian: Не́вель) is a town and the administrative center of Nevelsky District in Pskov Oblast, Russia, located on Lake Nevel 242 kilometers (150 mi) southeast of Pskov, the administrative center of the oblast.

[10] Lithuania ( PLC) 1580–1582 Tsardom of Russia 1582–1617 Lithuania ( PLC) 1617–1655 Tsardom of Russia 1655–1678 Lithuania ( PLC) 1678–1772 Russian Empire 1772–1917 Russian Republic 1917 Soviet Belarus 1919 Soviet Russia 1919–1922 Soviet Union 1922–1991 German occupation July 1941–October 1943 Russian Federation 1991–present Nevel was first mentioned in Ivan the Terrible's will among towns that had been founded during his reign.

[2] In 1562, during the Livonian War, it was the site of the Battle of Nevel, in which Poles defeated the Russians.

[11] In 1581, Polish-Russian peace talks were held in the town, to no avail, and the following year it eventually passed to Russia.

[2] On August 1, 1927, the uyezds and governorates were abolished and Nevelsky District, with the administrative center in Nevel, was established as a part of Velikiye Luki Okrug of Leningrad Oblast.

[18] On August 22, 1944, the district was transferred to newly established Velikiye Luki Oblast.

Other main roads connect Nevel with Velikiye Luki, with Smolensk via Usvyaty and Velizh, with Polotsk, and with Verkhnyadzvinsk via Rossony.

[20] The monuments are the Trinity Church (built in the 1850s), the building of the uyezd school, and the military cemetery from World War II.