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Encyclopedia: Tver

Tver (Russian: Тверь) is a city in Russia, the administrative center of Tver Oblast. Population: 408,903 (2002 Census). Tver was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and the model provincial town of Imperial Russia. It is located at the confluence of Volga and Tvertsa Rivers. The city was known as Kalinin (Кали́нин) from 1931 to 1990.

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How to say "Tver" in other languages:

	(Japanese)	トヴェリ
	(German)	Twer
	(French)	Tver

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Kalinin

Kalinin refers to: Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin The city of Tver, which from 1931 to 1990 was named after Kalinin...

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Kosovo, Tver Oblast

Kosovo is a place in Tver Oblast, Russia, located at 58° 13' 00" N, 036° 35' 00" E...

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Kalininsky District

Kalininsky District is the name of several places: Kalininsky District , a district in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. Kalininsky District , a district in Saratov Oblast, Russia. Kalininsky District , a district in Tver Oblast, Russia...

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Mikhail Yaroslavich

Mikhail Yaroslavich ( Михаил Ярославич in Russian) (1271 - 11.22.1318), Prince of Tver (since 1285) and Grand Prince of Vladimir (1305-1317). As a result of a long struggle, Mikhail... called Bortenevo (40 km from Tver). Later on, Mikhail was summoned by the Khan and had to go to the Horde...

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Central Federal District

Oblast Tver Oblast Tula Oblast Vladimir Oblast Voronezh Oblast Yaroslavl Oblast...

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Oblasts of Russia

Smolensk Sverdlovsk Tambov Tomsk Tver Tula Tyumen Ulyanovsk Vladimir Volgograd Vologda Voronezh...

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Daniel of Russia

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Ilya Kovalchuk

Ilya Kovalchuk (born April 15 1983, in Tver, USSR) is a professional Ice Hockey Left Wing in the NHL, playing for the Atlanta Thrashers. Kovalchuk has played all of his NHL seasons for Atlanta. He was drafted first overall in the 2001 Entry draft for Atlanta - the first Russian to be drafted first...

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Simeon Bekbulatovich

number of opinions as to why Ivan did so. After his short "rule", Simeon was set as a ruler of Tver...

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Alexej von Jawlensky

Alexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky (?March 13, 1864 - March 15, 1941) was a Russian expressionist painter, active in Germany. He was born in Torzhok, a town in the department of Tver, Russia, as the fifth child of Georgi von Jawlensky and his wife Alexandra (née Medwedewa). His family was...

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