Twer

Also known as Kalinin

Hauptstadt der Oblast Twer im Föderationskreis Zentralrussland

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Tver is a Russian city located northwest of Moscow where two rivers, the Volga and Tvertsa, meet, and it serves as the administrative center for the surrounding Tver Oblast region. As a major city on the Volga River, one of Europe's most important waterways, Tver has historically been a significant location for transportation and trade in Russia.

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Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Tver
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Тверь
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: From up to down: Square of Michael I of Tver and on the Volga river in Tver, St Catherine Church on the left
Russian inhabited locality.image_flag: Flag of Tver.svg
Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map: Russia Tver Oblast#European Russia#Europe
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Coat of arms of Tver.svg
Russian inhabited locality.anthem: "Anthem of Tver"
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Tver Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_inhabloc_jur: Tver Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1: Tver Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2: Kalininsky District
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: City
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_type: City of oblast significance
Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur: Tver Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1: Tver Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2: Kalininsky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.leader_title: Head
Russian inhabited locality.representative_body: City Duma

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: urban okrug in Russia
Named after: Tvertsa
Official name: Калінін
Award: Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Country: Tsardom of Russia
Population: 412806
Area: 152.22
Elevation: 135
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Body of water: Volga
Capital of: Principality of Tver
Official website: www.tver.ru
Image: Площадь Михаила Тверского.jpg
Dialing code: 4822

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twinned administrative body: Buffalo
Commons category: Tver
topic's main category: Category:Tver
postal code: 170000–179999
inception: 1135-00-00
category for people born here: Category:Births in Tver
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Tver
category of associated people: Category:People from Tver
Commons gallery: Тверь
native label: Тверь
P8168: Vincent's angina

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Article · Deutsch

Twer (russisch Тверь) ist eine russische Stadt im Föderationskreis Zentralrussland, gelegen an der Bahnstrecke Sankt Petersburg–Moskau. Sie ist die Hauptstadt der Oblast Twer und hat 403.606 Einwohner (Stand 14. Oktober 2010). Von 1931 bis 1990 hieß die Stadt Kalinin (russisch Кали́нин) nach dem sowjetischen Politiker Michail Kalinin (1875–1946), der in der Nähe der Stadt geboren wurde und nach dem das heutige Kaliningrad benannt ist. Twer liegt rund 170 km nordwestlich von Moskau an der Mündung des Flüsschens Twerza in die Wolga und ist eine der ältesten russischen Städte. Entstanden ist die Stadt im 12. Jahrhundert als Handels- und Handwerkersiedlung.

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