Tikhvin
Sign in to saveTikhvin (; Veps: Tihvin) is a town and the administrative center of Tikhvinsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on both banks of the Tikhvinka River in the east of the oblast, east of St. Petersburg. Tikhvin is also an industrial and cultural center of the district, as well as its transportation hub. Population:
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Tikhvin is a town in western Russia that serves as the administrative center and main hub for Tikhvinsky District in Leningrad Oblast, located east of St. Petersburg along the Tikhvinka River. The town functions as an important industrial and cultural center for the region.
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Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Tikhvin
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Тихвин
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Tixvin-ulicakarlamarksa.jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- Karla Marksa Street, the longest in Tikhvin
- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
- Flag of Tikhvin (Leningrad oblast).png
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Tikhvin COA (Novgorod Governorate) (1773).png
- Russian inhabited locality.holiday
- July 9
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Leningrad Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Tikhvinsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur
- Tikhvinskoye Settlement Municipal Formation
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type
- Settlement municipal formation
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18 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Administrative and municipal status
- Economy
- Industry
- Transportation
- Architecture
- Culture
- Festivals
- Religion
- Notable people
- Twin towns – sister cities
- References
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
Tikhvin (; Veps: Tihvin) is a town and the administrative center of Tikhvinsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on both banks of the Tikhvinka River in the east of the oblast, east of St. Petersburg. Tikhvin is also an industrial and cultural center of the district, as well as its transportation hub. Population:
It was previously known as Predtechensky pogost, Tikhvinsky posad.