The stretch of European route E77 between Pskov and Estonian border crosses the district from east to west.
Soviet troops along the Estonian border include 600 tanks and 600 aircraft and 160 000 men.
It was officially only 7.5 km deep initially, but along the Estonian border it extended to as much as 90 km.
By early 1944, Russia's Red Army had pushed the invading German troops back to the Estonian border.
A show in Tallinn is cancelled on the day when the band's equipment is held up by customs officials at the Estonian border.
On 2 February 1944, the front reached the former Estonian border, starting the battle of Narva.
Salacgrīva is 104 km from Riga, and 10 km from the Estonian border.
In January 1944, the front was pushed back by the Soviet Army almost all the way to the former Estonian border.
The town is located near the Estonian border on the site of an ancient Liv fishing village.
The German 18th Army crossed the Estonian southern border on July 7-9.