Place:Tver, Russia

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Name	Tver
Alt names	Tver Oblast
	Kalininskaja oblast	source: USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
	Tver'	source: Russia, National Geographic (1993) map supplement
	Tverskaya Oblast'	source: Getty Vocabulary Program
	Tverʹ	source: Family History Library Catalog
Type	Historical Province, Oblast
Coordinates	56.75°N 36.5°E
Located in	Russia
Also located in	Tsentralny, Russia

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District: Andreapol; Bezhet︠s︡k; Kali︠a︡zin; Kesova Gora; Ostashkov; Rzhev; Staritsky; Toropetsky; Torzhok
Historical district: Kali︠a︡zin; Kashin; Korcheva; Ostashkov; Rzhev; Staritsky; Torzhok
Historical district & city: Bezhet︠s︡k
Historical village: Sknyatino
Inhabited place: Antipino; Arbuzovo; Bakhmutovo; Belyy Gorodok; Belyy; Ber'ozovskij R'adok; Berezayka; Bezhetsk ( 1100 - ); Bol'shiye Gorki; Bol'shiye Ruch'i; Bol'shoye Mikhaylovskoye; Bol'shoye Ramen'ye; Bologovo; Bologoye; Borodino; Brusovo; Chertolino; Danilovskoye; Dobroye; Dorino; Doroshikha; Dvoriši; F'odorovskoje; Firovo; Goritsy; Gorodnya; Gryadtsy; Gusevo; Iljino; Iljinskoje; Ivanishchi; Ivantsëvo; Izoplit; Kablukovo; Kalashnikovo; Karamzino; Karel'skiy Gorodok; Kes'ma; Kharitonovo; Kholmets; Khotilovo; Kimry; Kiveriči; Knyazhy Gory; Konakovo; Korolevshchina; Kozlovo; Krasnomayskiy; Krasnoye Znamya; Krasnyy Gorodok; Krasnyy Kholm; Krasukha; Kryuchkovo; Kushalino; Kuvshinovo; Kuzhenkino; Lesnoye; Likhoslavl; Lisitsy; Luginino; Lykoshino; Maksatikha; Malyshevo; Martisovo; Mednoye; Molodoy-Tud; Morkiny Gory; Mostovaya; Msta; Muravjovo; Nagorskoye; Nelidovo; Nerl; Nikulino; Novos'olki; Novoye Zarech'ye; Novozavidovskiy; Obukhova; Okhvat; Okt'abr'; Olenino; Osechenka; Osuga; Ovinishche; Panino; Peno; Peretrusovo; Ploskosh; Pogoreloye Gorodishche; Polovo; Prislon; Pushkino; Rameshki; Rantsevo; Rechane; Redkino; Remennitsy; Rodnya; Rozhdestveno; Rozhdestvo; Ryad; Sandovo; Sav'olovo; Sel'tsy; Selishche; Selizharovo; Shapkovo; Shikhtovo; Sonkovo; Spirovo; Staraya Toropa; Staryy Ryad; Steklino; Stepurino; Sukhoverkovo; Sukromlya; Sverdlovo; Sytkovo; Trud; Turginovo; Tver' ( 1100 - ); Tver; Udomlya; Vailjevskij Moch; Vednoye; Velikookt'abr'skij; Verchn'aja Troica; Vesyegonsk; Vidogoshchi; Vypolzovo; Vyshka; Vyshniy Volochëk; Vyshny Volochyok; Vysokoye; Yeltsy; Yes'ki; Yesenovichi; Zabory; Zapadnaya Dvina; Zarechye; Zavidovo; Zemtsy; Zharkovskiy; Zhukopa; Zubtsov; Šinkovo
Unknown: Tverʹ; Ves′egonsk; Vyshniĭ-Volochok; Zubt︠s︡ov

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

source: Family History Library Catalog

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Tver Oblast (Tverskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tver.

Area: 84,586 km². Population is estimated at 1,440,002 in 2004, down from about 1,670,000 in 1989. The 2002 Census counted 1,471,459.

Tver Oblast is an area of lakes, such as Seliger and Brosno. Much of its area is occupied by the Valdai Hills, where the Volga, the Western Dvina, and the Dnieper have their source.

There are also many historic towns: Torzhok, Toropets, Zubtsov, Kashin, Vyshny Volochyok, and Kalyazin. The oldest of these is Rzhev, primarily known for the Rzhev Battles of the World War II. Staritsa was a seat of the last appanage principality in Russia. Ostashkov is a major tourist centre.

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