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Kalyazinsky Uyezd
Kalyazinsky Uyezd (''Калязинский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tver Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the eastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Kalyazin. In terms of present-day administrative borders, the territory of Kalyazinsky Uyezd is divided between the Kalyazinsky, Kashinsky and Kimrsky districts of Tver Oblast and Taldomsky District of Moscow Oblast. Demographics At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kalyazinsky Uyezd had a population of 111,807. Of these, 99.9% spoke Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ... as their native language. References Uezds of Tver Governorate Tver Governorate History of Tver Oblast History of Moscow Oblast {{Russia-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tver Governorate
Tver Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 until 1929. Its seat was in Tver. The governorate was located in the north of the European part of the Russian Empire and bordered Novgorod Governorate in the north, Yaroslavl Governorate in the east, Vladimir Governorate in the southeast, Moscow Governorate in the south, Smolensk Governorate in the southwest, and Pskov Governorate in the west. The area of the governorate is currently split between the Tver Oblast, Tver and Moscow Oblast, Moscow oblasts. Minor parts of Tver Governorate also currently belong to the Yaroslavl Oblast, Yaroslavl and Novgorod Oblast, Novgorod oblasts. History In the 18th century, the areas which were later occupied by Tver Governorate were split between Moscow Governorate, Moscow and Novgorod Governorates. On 25 November 1775 Tver Viceroyalty was established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughly one-sixth of the world's landmass, making it the list of largest empires, third-largest empire in history, behind only the British Empire, British and Mongol Empire, Mongol empires. It also Russian colonization of North America, colonized Alaska between 1799 and 1867. The empire's 1897 census, the only one it conducted, found a population of 125.6 million with considerable ethnic, linguistic, religious, and socioeconomic diversity. From the 10th to 17th centuries, the Russians had been ruled by a noble class known as the boyars, above whom was the tsar, an absolute monarch. The groundwork of the Russian Empire was laid by Ivan III (), who greatly expanded his domain, established a centralized Russian national state, and secured inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalyazin
Kalyazin () is a town and the administrative center of Kalyazinsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River, northeast of Tver, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History A ''sloboda'' (a settlement for people relieved from paying taxes) appeared on the site of modern Kalyazin in the 12th century. Its importance grew significantly with the foundation of the Makaryevsky Monastery on the opposite bank of the Volga in the 15th century. This abbey used to be the most conspicuous landmark of Kalyazin and comprised numerous buildings of historic interest, including a refectory from 1525. The name of the town originates from certain Kolyaga, a land proprietor in the 15th century. In the 18th century, the area was included into Moscow Governorate. In 1775, Kalyazin was granted town rights and Kalyazinsky Uyezd was established. It was a part of newly established Tver Viceroyalty. In 1796, the Viceroyalty was abolished and trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalyazinsky District
Kalyazinsky District () is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Tver Oblast, thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Uglichsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast in the northeast, Pereslavsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast in the southeast, Sergiyevo-Posadsky District of Moscow Oblast in the south, Taldomsky District, also of Moscow Oblast, in the southwest, Kimrsky District in the west, and with Kashinsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, town of Kalyazin. Population: 21,688 (Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census); The population of Kalyazin accounts for 63.9% of the district's total population. Geography The Volga River (built as the Uglich Reservoir) makes the western border of the district, and the whole area of Kalyazinsky District is flat and belongs to the drainage basins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kashinsky District
Kashinsky District () is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast and borders with Kesovogorsky District in the north, Uglichsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast in the east, Kalyazinsky District in the southeast, Kimrsky District in the south, Rameshkovsky District in the west, and with Bezhetsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Kashin. Population: 27,410 ( 2010 Census); The population of Kashin accounts for 59.0% of the district's total population. Geography The whole area of the district belongs to the drainage basin of the Volga River. The Volga, built as the Uglich Reservoir, makes the southeastern border of the district. The largest tributaries of the Volga within the district are the Medveditsa River, which crosses the southern part of the district and also makes the stretch of the border with Kimr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimrsky District
Kimrsky District () is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Tver Oblast, thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Kalyazinsky District in the northeast, Taldomsky District of Moscow Oblast and the town of Dubna, also of Moscow Oblast, in the south, Konakovsky District in the southwest, Kalininsky District, Tver Oblast, Kalininsky District in the west, and with Rameshkovsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, town of Kimry (which is not administratively a part of the district).Law #34-ZO Population: 13,190 (Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census); Geography The whole area of the district belongs to the drainage basin of the Volga River, Volga. The Volga, built as the Uglich Reservoir, crosses the district from the southwest to the northeast, separating it into two unequal parts ... [...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] |
Taldomsky District
Taldomsky District () was an administrativeLaw #11/2013-OZ and municipalLaw #42/2005-OZ district ( raion) in Moscow Oblast, Russia. At 2019, it was located in the north of the oblast and bordered with Tver Oblast in the north, Vladimir Oblast in the northeast, and with Dmitrovsky and Sergiyevo-Posadsky Districts in the south and west. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Taldom. Population: 48,553 ( 2010 Census); As of 2010, the population of Taldom accounted for 28.5% of the district's total population. Geography Average elevation of the district was about above sea level with the highest point of . Main rivers included the Dubna and the Khotcha; both are right tributaries of the Volga. Moscow Canal which connects the Moskva River with the Volga River formed the western border of the district. Main lakes included Kuznetsovskoye, Salkovskoye, and Zolotaya Veshka, which were located in the north of the district. The district had the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast (, , informally known as , ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). With a population of 8,524,665 (Russian Census (2021), 2021 Census) living in an area of , it is one of the most densely populated regions in the country and is the list of federal subjects of Russia by population, second most populous federal subject. The oblast has no official administrative center; its public authorities are located in Moscow and Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Krasnogorsk (the Moscow Oblast Duma and the local government), and also across other locations in the oblast.According to Article 24 of the Charter of Moscow Oblast, the government bodies of the oblast are located in the city of Moscow and throughout the territory of Moscow Oblast. However, Moscow is not named the official administrative center of the oblast. Located in European Russia between latitudes 54th parallel north, 54° and 57th parallel north, 57° N and longitudes 35th meridian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Language
Russian is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. It is one of the four extant East Slavic languages, and is the native language of the Russians. It was the ''de facto'' and ''de jure'' De facto#National languages, official language of the former Soviet Union.1977 Soviet Constitution, Constitution and Fundamental Law of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1977: Section II, Chapter 6, Article 36 Russian has remained an official language of the Russia, Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, and is still commonly used as a lingua franca in Ukraine, Moldova, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and to a lesser extent in the Baltic states and Russian language in Israel, Israel. Russian has over 253 million total speakers worldwide. It is the List of languages by number of speakers in Europe, most spoken native language in Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalyazinsky Uyezd
Kalyazinsky Uyezd (''Калязинский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tver Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the eastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Kalyazin. In terms of present-day administrative borders, the territory of Kalyazinsky Uyezd is divided between the Kalyazinsky, Kashinsky and Kimrsky districts of Tver Oblast and Taldomsky District of Moscow Oblast. Demographics At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kalyazinsky Uyezd had a population of 111,807. Of these, 99.9% spoke Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ... as their native language. References Uezds of Tver Governorate Tver Governorate History of Tver Oblast History of Moscow Oblast {{Russia-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
