Novosokolniki (Russian: Новосоко́льники) is a town and the administrative center of Novosokolnichesky District in Pskov Oblast, Russia, located on the Maly Udray River at the junction of the St. Petersburg–Kyiv and Moscow–Riga railways, 287 kilometers (178 mi) southeast of Pskov, the administrative center of the oblast.

[citation needed] The name is due to the nearby locality then known as Sokolniki, whose name in turn is derived from the Russian word "Russian: сокол" (sokol, meaning "falcon"), since the residents specialized on breeding falcons for hunting.

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

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

[14] The Novosokolniki guyed TV mast is 360 meters (1,180 ft) tall and was built in 1995.