Tver (Oblast) - Twer (Oblast)

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Location of Tver Oblast in central Russia

The oblast Tver (Russian: Тверская область) located in Central Russia. It is surrounded by the oblasts Yaroslavl, Moscow, Smolensk, Pskov and Novgorod.

background

Volga source

The region is northwest of Moscow. The Waldai Heights form the border to the region Novgorod. That is where the originates Volga, your 1 source lies at the place Volgowerkhovye (57 ° 15 ′ 31 ″ N.32 ° 28 ′ 22 ″ E).

The area is rich in forests, more than 50% of the region is predominantly overgrown with conifers. There are huge deposits of peat here, which is currently used to generate energy, similar to the lignite that is also available. The cultivation of flax and the dairy industry are agriculturally important.

Regions

Map of Tver Oblast with M 10

places

  • 1 TverWebsite of this institutionTver in the encyclopedia WikipediaTver in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsTver (Q2288) in the Wikidata database - the main town with over 400,000 inhabitants
  • 2 RzhevWebsite of this institutionRzhev in the travel guide Wikivoyage in another languageRzhev in the encyclopedia WikipediaRzhev in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsRzhev (Q191465) in the Wikidata database -
  • 3 Vyshny VolochokWebsite of this institutionVyshny Volochok in the travel guide Wikivoyage in another languageWyschni Wolotschok in the encyclopedia WikipediaWyschni Wolotschok in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsWyschni Wolotschok (Q134181) in the Wikidata database -
  • 4 KimryWebsite of this institutionKimry in the travel guide Wikivoyage in a different languageKimry in the Wikipedia encyclopediaKimry in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsKimry (Q146435) in the Wikidata database -
  • 5 TorzhokWebsite of this institutionTorzhok in the travel guide Wikivoyage in another languageTorzhok in the encyclopedia WikipediaTorzhok in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsTorzhok (Q196678) in the Wikidata database -
  • 6 KonakovoWebsite of this institutionKonakowo in the travel guide Wikivoyage in another languageKonakowo in the encyclopedia WikipediaKonakowo in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsKonakowo (Q155095) in the Wikidata database -
  • 7 UdomljaWebsite of this institutionUdomlja in the travel guide Wikivoyage in another languageUdomlja in the encyclopedia WikipediaUdomlja in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsUdomlja (Q196798) in the Wikidata database -
  • 8 BeschezkWebsite of this institutionBeschezk in the travel guide Wikivoyage in another languageBeschezk in the Wikipedia encyclopediaBeschezk in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsBeschezk (Q104654) in the Wikidata database -
  • 9 BologojeWebsite of this institutionBologoje in the travel guide Wikivoyage in a different languageBologoje in the Wikipedia encyclopediaBologoje in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsBologoje (Q105298) in the Wikidata database -
  • 10 KalyasinWebsite of this institutionKalyasin in the Wikipedia encyclopediaKaljasin in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsKaljasin (Q143775) in the Wikidata database - the city becomes Golden ring counted. It is located on the Volga in the Uglich reservoir, from which protrudes the bell tower of St. Nicholas Cathedral.

Other goals

language

getting there

  • The M10that from Moscow over Tver and Waldai to Veliky Novgorod and one of the main links between Moscow and St. Petersburg is.
  • A railway connection to Petersburg also overflows through the region Tver and Bologoje. Also the connection from Moscow to Riga runs through the Tver region.
  • The town Tver has an international airport and there are good connections to Moscow-Sheremetyevo.
  • Tver is the largest port on the upper reaches of the Volga

mobility

Tourist Attractions

Nilow monastery on Lake Seliger
  • 2  Seliger lake (Селигер), in the Valdai Heights. Lake Seliger in the travel guide Wikivoyage in a different languageSeliger-See in the encyclopedia WikipediaSeliger-See in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsLake Seliger (Q746304) in the Wikidata database.largest lake in the Valdai Heights.
  • 3  Nilow Monastery (Нило-Столобенская пустынь), on the island of Stolobny in Lake Seliger. Nilow Monastery in the Wikipedia encyclopediaNilov Monastery in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryNilow Monastery (Q1992239) in the Wikidata database.

activities

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security

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