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Rail Transport In Tver Oblast
Rail transport in Tver Oblast is one of the most important components of the region's transport system. There are more than 100 railway stations in the region, and the total length of railway tracks is . The largest railway hubs in the region are Bologoye, Tver Oblast, Bologoye, Rzhev, and Sonkovo railway station, Sonkovo. Most of the Tver region railroads belongs to the Moscow region (formerly the Moscow Division) of the October Railway, October railway. Railway transport in the territory of present-day Tver region has been developing since 1850, when the railway section between Vyshny Volochyok and Tver started operating. A year later, the entire railway line between Saint Petersburg and Moscow was commissioned. In the second half of the 19th century, and the first half of the 20th century, other railway lines were gradually built in the region, including the Rizhsky suburban railway line, Riga and Savyolovsky suburban railway line, Savyolovo directions, a section of the latitudi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tver Oblast
Tver Oblast (, ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tver. From 1935 to 1990, it was known as Kalinin Oblast (). Population: Tver Oblast is a region of lakes, such as Seliger and Brosno. Much of the remaining area is occupied by the Valdai Hills, where the Volga, the Western Dvina, and the Dnieper have their source. Tver Oblast is one of the tourist regions of Russia with a modern tourist infrastructure. There are also many historic towns: Torzhok, Toropets, Zubtsov, Kashin, Vyshny Volochyok, and Kalyazin. The oldest of these is Rzhev, primarily known for the Battles of Rzhev in World War II. Staritsa was the seat of the last appanage principality in Russia. Ostashkov is a major tourist center. Geography Tver Oblast is located in the west of the middle part of the East European Plain. It stretches for 260 km from north to south and 450 km from west to east. The area borders Yaroslavl Oblast in the east, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bologoye Post Card
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Bologoye () is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities *Bologoye, Tver Oblast, a town in Bologovsky District of Tver Oblast ;Rural localities * Bologoye, Omsk Oblast, a '' selo'' in Rozovsky Rural Okrug of Russko-Polyansky District in Omsk Oblast * Bologoye, Pskov Oblast, a village in Novosokolnichesky District of Pskov Oblast Pskov Oblast () is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the west of the country. Its administrative center is the Classification of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Pskov. As of the Russian Census ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuvshinovo
Kuvshinovo () is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities *Kuvshinovo, Kuvshinovsky District, Tver Oblast, a town of district significance in Kuvshinovsky District of Tver Oblast ;Rural localities *Kuvshinovo, Bryansk Oblast, a village in Dmitrovsky Selsoviet of Pochepsky District of Bryansk Oblast *Kuvshinovo, Yukhnovsky District, Kaluga Oblast, a village in Yukhnovsky District, Kaluga Oblast *Kuvshinovo, Zhukovsky District, Kaluga Oblast, a village in Zhukovsky District, Kaluga Oblast *Kuvshinovo, Kostroma Oblast, a village in Chukhlomskoye Settlement of Chukhlomsky District of Kostroma Oblast *Kuvshinovo, Leningrad Oblast, a village in Pashskoye Settlement Municipal Formation of Volkhovsky District of Leningrad Oblast *Kuvshinovo, Moscow Oblast, a village in Karinskoye Rural Settlement of Zaraysky District of Moscow Oblast *Kuvshinovo, Smolensk Oblast, a village in Divasovskoye Rural Settlement of Smolensky District of Smolensk Oblast *Kuvshinovo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velikiye Luki
Velikiye Luki ( rus, Вели́кие Лу́ки, p=vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪjə ˈlukʲɪ; lit. ''great meanders''. Г. П. Смолицкая. "Топонимический словарь Центральной России". "Армада-Пресс", 2002 (G. P. Smolitskaya. ''Toponymic Dictionary of Central Russia''. Armada-Press, 2002) or ''longbows'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Pskov Oblast, Russia, located on the meandering Lovat River. It is the second largest town in Pskov Oblast; population: Velikiye Luki is a City of Military Glory, an honor bestowed on it because of the courage and heroism its citizens displayed during World War II. History Velikiye Luki is first mentioned in a chronicle under the year of 1166 as Luki. From the 12th century, Luki was a part of the Novgorod Republic. After the construction of a fortress in 1211, Luki gained strategic importance, defending the approaches to Pskov and Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostashkov
Ostashkov () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Ostashkovsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, on a peninsula at the southern shore of Lake Seliger, west of Tver, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History Early developments The island of Klichen was first mentioned in a letter sent by Grand Duke Algirdas of Lithuania to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 1371. After the island was pillaged by ushkuiniks, Novgorod pirates several years later, two of Klichen's surviving inhabitants, Ostashko and Timofey, moved to the mainland, where they founded the villages Ostashkovo and Timofeyevo, respectively. The former belonged to the Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', Moscow Patriarchs, and the latter to the Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery. In 1770, both villages were merged into the town of Ostashkov. Ostashkov is commonly regarded as one of the finest Russian provincial towns. Its main streets were laid out in N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ventspils
Ventspils () is a state city in northwestern Latvia in the historical Courland region of Latvia, and is the sixth largest city in the country. At the beginning of 2020, Ventspils had a population of 33,906. It is situated on the Venta River and the Baltic Sea, and has an ice-free port. The city's name literally means "castle on the Venta", referring to the Ventspils Castle, Livonian Order's castle built alongside the Venta River. Other names Ventspils was historically known as ''Windau'' in German language, German. It had a Russian language, Russian name from the time of the Russian Empire, called ''Виндава (Vindava)'' or ''Виндау (Vindau),'' although ''Вентспилс (Ventspils)'' has been used since World War II. Some other names for the city include , Estonian language, Estonian: Vindavi, and . History Ventspils developed around the Livonian Order Ventspils Castle, built along the Venta River. It was chartered in 1314 and became an important mercantile c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimry
Kimry (), formerly Kimra (), is a town in the south of Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River at its confluence with the Kimrka River, to the east of Tver. Population: History The town was known as Kimra until the beginning of the 20th century; the name is probably of Finnic or Baltic origin. It was first mentioned in 1546 as a selo belonging to Ivan the Terrible Ivan IV Vasilyevich (; – ), commonly known as Ivan the Terrible,; ; monastic name: Jonah. was Grand Prince of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1533 to 1547, and the first Tsar of all Russia, Tsar and Grand Prince of all R .... It belonged to Russian Tsars until 1677 and then was given to the Saltykov family. In 1847, the inhabitants bought themselves out, and Kimra quickly developed into a busy shoemaking and trading village on the left bank of the Volga (a boot appears on the town's coat of arms). Théophile Gautier wrote in his ''Voyage en Russie'' (1867): "Kimra est célèbre p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savyolovo Railway Station
Savyolovo () is a railway station located in Savyolovo, Kimry, Tver Oblast in Russia. The station was intended to serve the town of Kimry, with which Savyolovo eventually merged, on the opposite bank of the river. The name of the terminus, Savyolovo, became the name of the Savyolovsky suburban railway line, Savyolovsky Suburban Line of the October Railway, as well as its Moscow terminus, Moscow Savyolovsky railway station. History The station was opened in 1900 on a new direct line which linked Moscow and Rybinsk. The expansion of the railway network in Russian from the 1850s had left the Upper Volga region largely unconnected. This was a particular issue in Rybinsk, the point on the Volga where the river becomes unnavigable to large barges. Goods from Astrakhan and locations further down the Volga had to be transferred to Punt (boat), punts and sent up the Volga, Mologa (river), Mologa and Sheksna rivers. A railway line between Rybinsk and Bologoye, Tver Oblast, Bologoye was opene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kashin (town)
Kashin () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Kashinsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located around a rural agricultural area on the Kashinka River (Volga River, Volga's tributary). Population: 18,000 (1970). History Kashin was first mentioned in a chronicle under the year of 1238, when it was sacked during the Mongol invasion of Rus', Mongol invasion. It was given by Grand Duke Mikhail of Tver, Mikhail Yaroslavich as an appanage to his son Vasily, who founded a short-lived dynasty of local princes. Mikhail Yaroslavich's Anna of Kashin, wife Anna took the veil in Kashin's nunnery, died there on October 2, 1368, and was glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1650 as a holy patroness of all women who suffer the loss of relatives. Her relics are preserved in the Ascension Cathedral of Kashin. In 1382, Kashin was annexed by Principality of Tver. From 1399 to 1426, it was held by a second dynasty of Kashin princes, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krasny Kholm
Krasny Kholm () is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities *Krasny Kholm, Krasnokholmsky District, Tver Oblast, a town of district significance in Krasnokholmsky District of Tver Oblast ;Rural localities * Krasny Kholm, Republic of Bashkortostan, a '' selo'' in Krasnokholmsky Selsoviet of Kaltasinsky District of the Republic of Bashkortostan *Krasny Kholm, Kaluga Oblast, a village in Baryatinsky District of Kaluga Oblast *Krasny Kholm, Kemerovo Oblast, a settlement in Kostenkovskaya Rural Territory of Novokuznetsky District of Kemerovo Oblast *Krasny Kholm, Kostroma Oblast, a village in Varakinskoye Settlement of Sharyinsky District of Kostroma Oblast *Krasny Kholm, Kurgan Oblast, a village in Bolshevistsky Selsoviet of Shumikhinsky District of Kurgan Oblast *Krasny Kholm, Leningrad Oblast, a logging depot settlement under the administrative jurisdiction of Kamennogorskoye Settlement Municipal Formation in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast *Kra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torzhok
Torzhok () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Tvertsa River along the federal highway M10 highway (Russia), M10 and a branch of the Oktyabrskaya Railway division of the Russian Railways. The town is famous for its folk craft of Goldwork (embroidery), goldwork embroidery. Population: History Torzhok was first mentioned in a chronicle in 1139 as Novy Torg. The Mongols burned it in 1238, but did not proceed northward to Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod. At that time, the town commanded the only route whereby grain was delivered to Novgorod. Once Torzhok blocked the route, a great shortage of grain and famine in Novgorod would follow. Consequently, Torzhok was known as a key to the Novgorod Republic and frequently changed hands during feudal internecine wars. The town was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Moscow with the rest of the Novgorod Republic in 1478. The armies of a Sigmund the III of Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Likhoslavl
Likhoslavl () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Likhoslavlsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway, Moscow–St. Petersburg Railway, northwest of Tver, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History Likhoslavl developed on the spot where localities of Ostashkovo (, founded in 1624) and Likhoslavl (first mentioned in the early 19th century) once stood. Likhoslavl grew up as a settlement serving the railway station. It was a part of Novotorzhsky Uyezd of Tver Governorate.Vilson, p. 249, entry 7672. It was granted town status in 1925. On July 12, 1929, the governorates and uyezds were abolished. Likhoslavlsky District, with the administrative center in Likhoslavl, was established within Tver Okrug of Moscow Oblast. On July 23, 1930, the okrugs were abolished and the districts were directly subordinated to the oblast.Snytko et al., p. 87 On J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
