Tver
town and administrative center of Tver region in western Russia
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Summary
Tver is a city or town[1]. Tver ranks in the top 4% of city or town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,661 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Award received: Order of the Red Banner of Labour[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Tver Oblast[4]
- Country: Russia[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Volga[6]
- Head of government: Alexey Ogonkov[7]
- Instance of: big city[8], urban okrug in Russia[9]
- Named after: Tvertsa[10]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Zavolzhskiy District[11], Moskovsky City District, Tver[12], Proletarskiy District, Tver[13], Tsentralnyy District, Tver[14]
- Flag: flag of Tver[15]
- Twinned administrative body: Bergamo[16], Osnabrück[17], Besançon[18], Veliko Tarnovo[19], Khmelnytskyi[20], Kaposvár[21], Buffalo[22]
- Postal code: 170000–179999[23]
- Commons category: Tver[24]
- Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[25]
- Local dialing code: 4822[26]
- Inception: 1135[27]
- Official website: http://www.tver.ru[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tver[29]
- Commons gallery: Тверь[30]
- Population: 416,442[31], 419,363[32], 420,065[33], 425,072[34], 424,969[35], 412,806[36]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[39], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[40]
- Capital of: Tver Oblast[41], Kalininsky District, Tver Oblast[42], Tverskoy Uyezd[43], Tver Governorate[44], Principality of Tver[45], Tver Viceroyalty[46], Tver Okrug[47], Kalinin Oblast[48]
- Official name: Тверь[49], Цьвер[50]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Tver[51]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Tver[52]
- Native label: Тверь[53]
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Physical Characteristics
Tver covers an area of 152.22 km²[54]. Tver sits at an elevation of 135 m[55].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Tver include Tverskaya Street[56], a thoroughfare[57], in Russia[58] and Tver[59], a cruise missile submarine[60], in Russia[61].
Why It Matters
Tver has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] Tver is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]
Entities named for Tver include Tverskaya Street[56], a thoroughfare[57], in Russia[58] and Tver[59], a cruise missile submarine[60], in Russia[61].
FAQs
What awards did Tver receive?
Honors received include Order of the Red Banner of Labour[3].