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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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Bezhetsk is a human settlement in Russia that serves as the capital of Bezhetsky District within Tver Oblast. The town has a population of 30,800 and covers an area of 17 square kilometers. It is situated at an elevation of 145 meters above sea level and operates in the Europe/Moscow time zone.
Administratively, Bezhetsk is located in Bezhetsky District. Its postal code is 171980, and the local dialing code is 48231. The settlement is described in sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the 11th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica.
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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
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- Bezhetsk
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- Бежецк
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- Tver Oblast
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- Bezhetsky District
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- Bezhetsk
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type
- Urban settlement
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- Bezhetsky District
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- Town
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- Bezhetsky Municipal District
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- Bezhetsky Municipal District
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- Bezhetsk Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 24522
- Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date
- 1776
- Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes
- 171980–171984, 171987, 171988, 171999
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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 ().
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