Bezhetsk
Sign in to saveBezhetsk () is a town and the administrative center of Bezhetsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Mologa River at its confluence with the Ostrechina. Population: 20,618 (2024). It was previously known as Gorodetsk (until 1766).
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Place details
- Locality
- Бежецк
- Region
- Тверская область
- Country
- Россия
- Population
- 28,114
- Timezone
- Europe/Moscow
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Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Bezhetsk
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Бежецк
- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
- Flag of Bezhetsk (Tver oblast).png
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Bezhetsk (Tver oblast) 2006.gif
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Tver Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Bezhetsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur
- Bezhetsk
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type
- Urban settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
- Bezhetsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2
- Bezhetsk Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Russia
- Population
- +20618
- Area
- +17
- Elevation
- +145
- Official website
- бежецк-адм.рф
- Image
- Спасо-кладбищенский храм (Бежецк).jpg
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Bezhetsk () is a town and the administrative center of Bezhetsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Mologa River at its confluence with the Ostrechina. Population: 20,618 (2024). It was previously known as Gorodetsk (until 1766).
==History== The settlement of Bezhichi was first mentioned in 1137, when it was owned by Novgorod. The original name, with the literal meaning of "refugees", suggests that early settlers were former Novgorodians. Historical Bezhichi was located north from the present-day town; the settlement was destroyed by raiders in 1272 and re-established on the present site as the fortress of Gorodetsk ().