Russian route R23 or Pskov Highway is a Russian federal motorway that runs from

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...

through

Pskov Pskov ( rus, Псков, a=Ru-Псков.oga, p=psˈkof; see also Names of Pskov in different languages, names in other languages) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov O ...

until the

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with

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. It is part of

European route E95 The European route E95 is an imagined route in Europe and a part of the United Nations International E-road network. Approximately long, it connects Saint Petersburg with Merzifon in north central Turkey. Between its northern terminus in Russia a ...

. Before 2018 the route was designated as M20. Since

Soviet times The history of the Soviet Union (USSR) (1922–91) began with the ideals of the Russian Bolshevik Revolution and ended in dissolution amidst economic collapse and political disintegration. Established in 1922 following the Russian Civil War, ...

it has sometimes been called "Kiev Highway".

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Roads in Russia Transport in Leningrad Oblast European route E95 {{Russia-road-stub