Przhevalskoye (Russian: Пржева́льское) is an urban locality (a settlement) in Demidovsky District of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located in the northwestern part of the oblast, on Lake Sapsho, northeast of the town of Demidov, the administrative center of the district.
[2] The settlement is home to the Museum of Nikolay Przhevalsky, which occupies the mansion of the famous traveler.
In the middle of the 20th century, Przhevalskoye-Sloboda became famous during World War II for its partisan defenders.
[19] On 12 July 1929, governorates and uyezds were abolished, and Slobodskoy District with the administrative center in Sloboda was established.
[20] The settlement has been serving as a health resort since mineral waters were discovered in the 1970s, and a sanatorium (the largest in Smolensk Oblast was built in 1974.[21]).