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Tver

Tver (Russian: Тверь, IPA: [tvʲerʲ]) is a city and the administrative centre of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is situated at the confluence of the Volga and Tvertsa rivers. Tver is located 180 kilometres (110 mi) northwest of Moscow. Population: 416,216 (2021 Census).[13]

Tver
Тверь
City of oblast significance[1]
Anthem: "Anthem of Tver"[2]
Location of Tver
Tver
Location of Tver
Tver
Tver (European Russia)
Tver
Tver (Europe)
Coordinates: 56°51′45″N 35°55′27″E / 56.86250°N 35.92417°E / 56.86250; 35.92417Coordinates: 56°51′45″N 35°55′27″E / 56.86250°N 35.92417°E / 56.86250; 35.92417
CountryRussia
Federal subjectTver Oblast[1]
Founded1135[3]
Government
 • BodyCity Duma[4]
 • Head[4]Alexey Ogonkov[5]
Elevation
135 m (443 ft)
Population
 • Total403,606
 • Estimate 
(2018)[7]
420,065 (+4.1%)
 • Rank46th in 2010
 • Subordinated toTver Okrug[1]
 • Capital ofTver Oblast[1], Kalininsky District[8]
 • Urban okrugTver Urban Okrug[9]
 • Capital ofTver Urban Okrug[9], Kalininsky Municipal District[9]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK [10])
Postal code(s)[11]
170000–170009, 170011–170012, 170015–170017, 170019–170028, 170030, 170032–170034, 170036–170037, 170039–170044, 170100, 170700, 170880, 170904, 170951–170958, 170960–170978
Dialing code(s)+7 4822
OKTMO ID28701000001
Websitetver.ru

The city is situated where three rivers meet, splitting the town into northern and southern parts by the Volga, and divided again into quarters by the Tvertsa River, which splits the left (northern) bank into east and west halves, and the Tmaka River which does the same along the southern bank.

Tver was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and a model provincial town in the Russian Empire, with a population of 60,000 by 14 January 1913. The city was known as Kalinin (Кали́нин) from 1931 to 1990.

History

Medieval origins

Tver's foundation year is officially accepted to be 1135,[3] although there is no universal agreement on this date and some estimates place it as late as the second half of the 13th century.[citation needed] According to one hypothesis, the name of the city is of Finnic origin, *Tiheverä.[14] Originally a minor settlement of Novgorodian traders, it passed to the Grand Prince of Vladimir in 1209. In 1246, Alexander Nevsky granted it to his younger brother Yaroslav Yaroslavich (d. 1271), from whom a dynasty of local princes descended. Four of them were killed by the Golden Horde and were proclaimed saints by the Russian Orthodox church.

Formerly a land of woods and bogs, the Principality of Tver was quickly transformed into one of the richest and most populous Russian states. As the area was hardly accessible for Tatar raids, there was a great influx of population from the recently devastated south. By the end of the century, it vied with Moscow for supremacy in Russia. Both Tver and Moscow were recently founded cities, so the outcome of their rivalry was far from certain.

Grand princedom

Mikhail, the Grand Prince of Tver, who ascended the throne of Vladimir in 1305, was one of the most revered medieval Russian rulers. His policy of open conflict with the Golden Horde led to his assassination there in 1318. His son Dmitry "the Terrible Eyes" succeeded him and, concluding an alliance with the mighty Grand Duchy of Lithuania, managed to raise Tver's prestige even higher.

Exasperated by Dmitry's influence, Prince Ivan Kalita of the Grand Duchy of Moscow engineered his murder by the Mongols in 1326. On hearing the news of this crime, the city revolted against the Mongol Horde. The Horde joined its forces with Muscovites and brutally repressed the rebellion. Many citizens were killed, enslaved or deported. This was the fatal blow to Tver's aspirations for supremacy in Russia.

In the second half of the 14th century, Tver was further weakened by dynastic struggles between its princes. Two senior branches of the ruling house, those of Kashin and Kholmsky, asserted their claims to the grand ducal throne. The claimers were backed up by Moscow and eventually settled at the Moscow Kremlin court.

During the Great Feudal War in the Grand Duchy of Moscow, Tver again rose to prominence and concluded defensive alliances with Lithuania, Novgorod, Byzantium, and the Golden Horde. Grand Prince Boris of Tver sent one of his men, Afanasy Nikitin, to search for gold and diamonds as far as India. Nikitin's travelogue, describing his journey from 1466 to 1472, is one of the first ever firsthand accounts of India by a European. A monument to Nikitin was opened on the Volga embankment in 1955.

Later history

On 12 September 1485, the forces of Ivan the Great seized the city. The principality was given as an appanage to Ivan's grandson, only to be abolished several decades later. Last scions of the ruling dynasty were executed by Ivan the Terrible during the Oprichnina. At that turbulent time, Tver was ruled by Simeon Bekbulatovich, a former khan of Kasimov. The only remnant of his ephemeral reign is a graceful tent-like church in the village of Kushalino, 28 kilometres (17 mi) northeast of Tver.

18th century

 
A palace built for Catherine the Great

The city's decline was not irrevocable, however. With the foundation of St. Petersburg, Tver gained importance as a principal station on the highway (and later railway) en route from Moscow. It was much visited by Russian royalty and nobility traveling from the old capital to the new one and back.

In the course of the administrative reform carried out in 1708 by Peter the Great, Tver was included into Ingermanlandia Governorate (since 1710 known as Saint Petersburg Governorate). In 1727 it was transferred to the newly established Novgorod Governorate. In 1775, Tver Viceroyalty was formed from the lands which previously belonged to Moscow and Novgorod Governorates, and the whole area was transferred to Tver Viceroyalty, which in 1796 was transformed to Tver Governorate. Tver was the center of Tverskoy Uyezd.[15]

Following a devastating fire of 1763, the city was rebuilt in a Neoclassical style. Under Catherine the Great, the central part was thoroughly reconstructed. Crumbling medieval buildings were razed and replaced with imposing Neoclassical buildings. The most important of these are the Travel Palace of the Empress (designed by the celebrated Matvei Kazakov), and the Ascension church (designed by Nikolay Lvov and consecrated in 1813).

19th century

In 1809, a committee was established to improve the city.[16] An architect designed the Cathedral of Christ and houses on the waterfront and in the city center (30 buildings), and rebuilt the summer palace. Catherine Pavlovna (a sister of Alexander I) was married to the governor of Tver, and the palace was a social center and literary salon for Tver and visitors from Moscow and St. Petersburg. Writer and historian Nikolay Karamzin read excerpts from his History of the Russian State to Alexander.[17] Napoleon was near Tver in 1812.

20th century

 
The Tver cavalry school

On 12 July 1929, the governorates and uyezds were abolished. Tverskoy District, with the administrative centre in Tver, was established within Tver Okrug of Moscow Oblast. On 23 July 1930, the okrugs were abolished, and the districts were directly subordinated to the oblast.[18]

On 20 November 1931, the city was renamed Kalinin after the nominal head of state (1919–1946) and affiliate of Josef Stalin, Mikhail Kalinin, who had been born nearby.[19] Simultaneously, Tverskoy District was renamed Kalininsky District. On 29 January 1935 Kalinin Oblast was established, and Kalininsky District was transferred to Kalinin Oblast.

The last vestige of the pre-Petrine epoch, the Saviour Cathedral, was blown up in 1936. In 1940, the NKVD executed more than 6,200 Polish policemen and prisoners of war from Ostashkov camp.

The Wehrmacht entered Kalinin on Monday 13 October 1941 according to MI9 photographs, occupied Kalinin for two months from Monday 13 October 1941/Tuesday, 14 October to 19 December 1941, leaving the city in ashes. Kalinin was the first major city in Europe to be retaken from the Wehrmacht.

During the Cold War, Kalinin was home to the Kryuchkovo air base, which is no longer in service. The city's historic name of Tver was restored on 17 July 1990.[20]

Apart from the suburban White Trinity Church (1564) (Russian: Храм Троицы Живоначальной, the Temple of the Lifegiving Trinity), there are no ancient monuments left in Tver. The central part is graced with Catharinian and Soviet edifices, bridges, and embankments. Tver's most notable industries are rolling stock manufacturer Tver Carriage Works, opened in 1898, an excavator factory, and a glass factory. Tver is home to Migalovo, which is one of Russia's biggest military airlift facilities.

Administrative and municipal status

Tver is the administrative centre of the oblast[1] and, within the framework of administrative divisions, it also serves as the administrative centre of Kalininsky District,[8] even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Tver Okrug, an administrative unit with a status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, Tver Okrug is incorporated as Tver Urban Okrug.[9]

City division

 
Districts of Tver

The city was divided into districts in 1936. The districts were updated several times in 1965 and 1976. The final city division, currently in use, divides the city into four districts:

  1. Zavolzhsky City District – part of the city, on the left bank of Volga River
  2. Moskovsky City District – east of the city, on the right bank of Volga River oriented towards Moscow
  3. Proletarsky City District – west part of the city, named after the Proletarka plant.
  4. Tsentralny City District – central part of the city including historical downtown and neighbourhood in a near proximity.

Politics

 
Seat of the Tver City Duma and City Administration on Lenin Square

The Tver City Duma, the local parliament is composed of 33 deputies. The executive branch is the Administration of Tver. The structure consists of the mayor (since 2017 – Alexey Ogonkov), his deputies, industry bodies (departments of architecture and construction, housing and communal services, health and social policy, property management and land resources; economy, investment and industrial policy, a number of departments and divisions), as well as the administration of the four districts: Zavolzhsky, Moskovsky, Proletarsky and Tsentralny. A considerable part of the government buildings of the city of Tver and the Tver Oblast lay along Sovetskaya Street: the building on the square of St. Michael (Sovetskaya, 44) is the residence of the Governor of the Oblast, and a former Regional Party Committee (Sovetskaya, 33) is The Legislative Assembly of Tver Oblast.

Tver City Duma as a representative body of the city existed from 1785 to 1918, was reconstituted after the dissolution of councils and adoption of the new Constitution of Russia in 1993. On 20 March 1994, elections were held in the House of Representatives, which on 26 May was renamed Tver City Duma. On 7 June deputies were able to hold the first meeting, and on 14 June Valery Matitsyn was elected a speaker (later this post was held by Valery Pavlov, Victor Pochtaryov, Dmitry Bazhenov, Igor Serdyuk, Andrei Borisenko, Lyudmila Polosina, Vladimir Babichev). In 1996, deputies adopted the founding document of the city – the Charter of the city of Tver, putting in it the principle of rotation in the Duma elections. Second election based on it was held on 27 October 1996 . In the future years elections held every two years in the "even" and "odd" electoral districts. In 2007, 12 former deputies (including the former chairman of the Duma Victor Pochtaryov) were convicted of taking bribes for decisions in favor of Rosvodokanal and other utilities. In October 2008, the elections of some deputies have already passed on party lists, and in March 2009 the entire City Duma has been transferred to this system, while discontinued the practice of rotation of deputies. In the elections of 2009, the best result (49 % of the vote) was shown by local communists.

On 27 October 1996 simultaneously with elections to the City Duma passed the first general elections of the head of the city, won by Alexander Belousov, who led the municipal administration since 1991 and received more than 50 % of the vote. On 30 October 2000 he was reelected to a second term, and on 9 April 2003 he died of a heart attack. On 26 July 2001 in early Mayoral elections opposition candidate Oleg Lebedev won. On 2 December 2007 when he was supported by the pro-government party United Russia, he was re-elected for a second term, receiving more than 70 % of the vote. On 11 April 2008 he was suspended by the Tsentralny District Court in connection with a criminal case opened in 2005, closed in 2006 and renewed by the Prosecutor General of Russia in March 2008 (Lebedev was accused of hindering the work of the investigation against his deputy Oleg Kudryashov). On 2 May Oleg Lebedev was reinstated, and on 3 June, again dismissed, and on 25 June he was taken into custody and transported to Kashin, where he was convicted by visiting college of Tver Regional Court jury to eighteen years’ imprisonment, which automatically meant the termination of his powers. In 2009, he was released on parole, but the position was not restored.

In late 2008, Tver City Duma adopted amendments to the charter of the city, under which direct elections of the Mayor were abolished and a new position of head of the city administration introduced. This amendment to the charter of the city was met with a mixed public reaction and local attempts to bring the issue by the Communists to citywide referendum were not supported by City Duma. In March 2009, City Duma elected Vladimir Babichev as the new mayor (now ceremonial post), and in May the same year, Vasily Toloko was appointed as the head of the city administration. He had previously been the first deputy governor of the Tver Oblast. The mayor and the head of the local administration were elected with a thin majority of seventeen votes (United Russia, Fair Russia and the Liberal Democratic Party) against sixteen (Communist Party). On 27 December 2011 by a majority vote (22 for, six against) City Council voted in favor of early termination of Vasily Toloko. On 29 March 2012 the Tver City Duma (25 for, 4 against) appointed Valery Pavlov to the post of Head of the Administration. He had previously held the post of the first deputy head of Cuty Administration.

On 2 November 2012 Alexander Korzin was appointed as mayor of the city. In 2014, he left his post, and on May 28, 2014, by the decision of the Tver City Duma, Yury Timofeev was appointed to this post, previously working for 10 years as the head of the Zapadnodvinsky District. On 22 September 2016, immediately after Igor Rudenya assumed the post of governor, Timofeev resigned and Alexey Ogonkov, who claimed this position in 2014, became acting Mayor.

In August 2017, the Tver City Duma adopted amendments to the Charter of the city, according to which the Mayor also heads the administration. Thus, the "two-headed management" system introduced in 2008 was abolished. The amendments entered into force on November 2, 2017, after Alexander Korzin's term as Mayor has expired. Thus, from 2 November 2017 Alexey Ogonykov became the Mayor.

Education

  • Tver is home to Tver State University, the highest rated university in the region. It is also home to the Tver State technical university, medical university, agricultural academy, and more than twenty colleges and lyceums, branch campuses of some Moscow higher educational institutions and more than fifty high schools.
  • The Tver State Medical Academy is located in Tver.
  • The Tver Branch of MESI. Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics, and Informatics – a university with more than 75 years of history.
  • Tver also houses the Zhukov Air and Space Defense Academy.
  • Tver also has around fifty secondary schools, a private school (lycee), and the Suvorov military school.

Economy

There is a garment factory located in Tver, established in 1918. As of 2016, the factory has 300 workers.

Transportation

 
Tver railway depot and roundhouse, ca. 1860. Photo courtesy SMU.

Railway

The Oktyabrskaya Railway linking Moscow and St. Petersburg crosses the city. Since 1850, there has been a railway connection between Tver and Moscow.[21] The primary Tver Railway Station has a locomotive and car shed, allowing it to service both passenger and cargo trains. In addition to the Tver Central Station, there are four minor stations within the city perimeter: Lazurnaya, Proletarskaya, Doroshikha and PPGT. The suburban railway service links Tver to Moscow, Bologoye, Torzhok. Most trains passing from Moscow to the north-west regions make a short stop in Tver. The high-speed train Sapsan, which connects Moscow with St. Petersburg, also makes stops in Tver, as well as the Tolstoy train connecting Moscow to Helsinki, Finland.

The newly designed high-speed railway line between Moscow and St Petersburg is expected to have a "New Tver'" station several kilometres southward of the city border.[22]

The narrow gauge railway of KSM-2 factory, Tver plant of building materials No.2.

Roads

The major M10 Highway linking Moscow and St. Petersburg also crosses the city. This motorway is a part of the Pan-European corridors system. The roads to Rzhev (A112), Vesyegonsk (P84) and Volokolamsk (P90), along with many smaller regional roads, originate in the city. The new highway between Moscow and St. Petersburg, that is designed at the present time, will pass close to the northern border of Tver. Tver is notable for a high number of private cars: there are 288 cars per thousand residents, which is well above average among the other regions of Russia.[23]

Public transit

There is a local bus station that interconnects Tver with minor towns of Tver Oblast, neighbouring oblasts, and Moscow.

Local public transit consists of trolleybuses, trams, buses, and marshrutkas (routed taxis). The latter two have taken priority during recent years.

In November 2018, the tram traffic in Tver was completely stopped. On August 7, 2019, all car drivers, as well as track fitters and support staff of the trams, left by "mutual agreement".[24] At the same time, the dismantling of the contact network and the tracks along the last existing route began. The city administration said that it was necessary to completely repair the roadbed.

In recent years, there has been a tendency to reduce the route network of trolley buses. During the first quarter of 2020, local authorities plan to introduce a new transport model, which implies the elimination of trolleybus traffic and the duplication of its routes with buses. From April 14, 2020, the last of the existing trolleybus routes (No. 2) was replaced by a bus route 42 on which diesel buses now operate.[25]

Air

There are two airfields within the city: Migalovo military air base and Zmeyovo airport; although the nearest airport with regular scheduled commercial service is Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow.

Water

The river station (Речной Вокзал, "rechnoy vokzal") is located on the left bank of the Volga River, close to the confluence with the river Tvertsa. There is also a small cargo port in the lower part of the Volga. During the summertime, pleasure boats ply up and down the Volga, with their base off the river station.

Culture

 
The Zvezda Cinema (1937) was the largest in Tver Oblast for a long time.

Tver is home to:

  • Tver Oblast Academic Drama Theatre
  • Tver State Youth Theatre
  • Tver State Puppet Theatre
  • Tver State Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Tver State Circus
  • The Tver Oblast Art Gallery
  • The Tver state Art architecture and Literature Museum

Sports

The city association football team, FC Volga Tver, was dissolved in 2017.

Population

Population: 416,216 (2021 Census);[13] 403,606 (2010 Census);[6] 408,903 (2002 Census);[26] 450,941 (1989 Census).[27]

Climate

Tver has a humid continental climate, which is typical for Central Russia. Winters are long, snowy and cold, but extremely severe frosts (below −35 °C (−31 °F)) are rare, less than 10 calendar days per annum. The summer is generally warm and humid, with the temperature often rising higher than +30 °C (86 °F).

Climate data for Tver (1991–2020, extremes 1871–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 9.0
(48.2)
8.4
(47.1)
17.5
(63.5)
26.8
(80.2)
33.7
(92.7)
35.4
(95.7)
37.3
(99.1)
38.8
(101.8)
32.6
(90.7)
24.5
(76.1)
15.3
(59.5)
9.5
(49.1)
38.8
(101.8)
Average high °C (°F) −4.4
(24.1)
−3.4
(25.9)
2.5
(36.5)
11.2
(52.2)
18.5
(65.3)
22.1
(71.8)
24.5
(76.1)
22.3
(72.1)
16.0
(60.8)
8.4
(47.1)
1.1
(34.0)
−2.8
(27.0)
9.7
(49.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) −7
(19)
−6.7
(19.9)
−1.6
(29.1)
6.0
(42.8)
12.6
(54.7)
16.6
(61.9)
19.0
(66.2)
16.8
(62.2)
11.2
(52.2)
5.1
(41.2)
−1.1
(30.0)
−5
(23)
5.5
(41.9)
Average low °C (°F) −9.8
(14.4)
−10.2
(13.6)
−5.6
(21.9)
0.9
(33.6)
6.7
(44.1)
10.9
(51.6)
13.5
(56.3)
11.7
(53.1)
7.0
(44.6)
2.1
(35.8)
−3.2
(26.2)
−7.4
(18.7)
1.4
(34.5)
Record low °C (°F) −39.7
(−39.5)
−41.6
(−42.9)
−36.4
(−33.5)
−21.4
(−6.5)
−7.4
(18.7)
−2.3
(27.9)
2.2
(36.0)
−2.2
(28.0)
−7.1
(19.2)
−17.4
(0.7)
−29.2
(−20.6)
−43.8
(−46.8)
−43.8
(−46.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 44
(1.7)
38
(1.5)
34
(1.3)
34
(1.3)
64
(2.5)
77
(3.0)
76
(3.0)
75
(3.0)
58
(2.3)
67
(2.6)
50
(2.0)
44
(1.7)
661
(26.0)
Average extreme snow depth cm (inches) 19
(7.5)
29
(11)
26
(10)
3
(1.2)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
3
(1.2)
11
(4.3)
29
(11)
Average rainy days 4 4 6 11 15 15 13 15 16 15 11 6 131
Average snowy days 23 21 15 5 1 0.03 0 0 0.4 5 16 21 107
Average relative humidity (%) 86 82 76 70 68 72 73 78 82 85 88 87 79
Source: Pogoda.ru.net[28]

Religion

 
The Monastery of Christ's Nativity
 
Tver mosque

Tver has four functioning Russian Orthodox cathedrals, fifteen Orthodox churches, a Mormon chapel, a Catholic church, a mosque, and a synagogue.

Within Tver, as in other cities of Central Russia, the main religion is Russian Orthodox Christianity. Tver is the centre of Diocese of Tver and Kashin of the Russian Orthodox Church, having the diocesan administration and residence of the ruling bishop. Since 14 July 2018 the Metropolitan of Tver and Kashin has been Savva (Mikheyev).

White Trinity Temple in Zatmachye, recently renamed Trinity Cathedral, built in 1564 and since repeatedly reconstructed, is the oldest surviving stone building in Tver. It is subordinate to the ruling bishop. Ascension Cathedral, built in the 1750s, is in the historic centre of the city on Tverskoy Avenue and has the status of an episcopal monastery. Preserved Assumption Cathedral 18th century pre-existing Otroch monastery is in Trans-Volga district, near the mouth of Tvertsa river. Resurrection Cathedral was built in 1912–1913, marking the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty, and in the 1990s, after the return of the church, received the status of the cathedral and is directly subordinate to the ruling bishop. Not far from the cathedral is the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ and the monastery, built in the 1810s.

Notable people

Twin towns – sister cities

Tver is twinned with:[29]

References

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  2. ^ Decision #137 (358)
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  20. ^ Decree of 17 July 1990
  21. ^ (in Russian). Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
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Notes

  1. ^ Disputed territory

Sources

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  • This article incorporates material translated from the Russian Wikipedia

Further reading

  • Annette M. B. Meakin (1906). "Tver". Russia, Travels and Studies. London: Hurst and Blackett. OCLC 3664651. OL 24181315M.

tver, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, 2019, learn, when, re. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Tver news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message For the princedom of Tver see Principality of Tver For Japanese streaming service see TVer streaming service Tver Russian Tver IPA tvʲerʲ is a city and the administrative centre of Tver Oblast Russia It is situated at the confluence of the Volga and Tvertsa rivers Tver is located 180 kilometres 110 mi northwest of Moscow Population 416 216 2021 Census 13 Tver TverCity of oblast significance 1 FlagCoat of armsAnthem Anthem of Tver 2 Location of TverTverLocation of TverShow map of Tver OblastTverTver European Russia Show map of European RussiaTverTver Europe Show map of EuropeCoordinates 56 51 45 N 35 55 27 E 56 86250 N 35 92417 E 56 86250 35 92417 Coordinates 56 51 45 N 35 55 27 E 56 86250 N 35 92417 E 56 86250 35 92417CountryRussiaFederal subjectTver Oblast 1 Founded1135 3 Government BodyCity Duma 4 Head 4 Alexey Ogonkov 5 Elevation135 m 443 ft Population 2010 Census 6 Total403 606 Estimate 2018 7 420 065 4 1 Rank46th in 2010Administrative status Subordinated toTver Okrug 1 Capital ofTver Oblast 1 Kalininsky District 8 Municipal status Urban okrugTver Urban Okrug 9 Capital ofTver Urban Okrug 9 Kalininsky Municipal District 9 Time zoneUTC 3 MSK 10 Postal code s 11 170000 170009 170011 170012 170015 170017 170019 170028 170030 170032 170034 170036 170037 170039 170044 170100 170700 170880 170904 170951 170958 170960 170978Dialing code s 7 4822OKTMO ID28701000001Websitetver wbr ruThe city is situated where three rivers meet splitting the town into northern and southern parts by the Volga and divided again into quarters by the Tvertsa River which splits the left northern bank into east and west halves and the Tmaka River which does the same along the southern bank Tver was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and a model provincial town in the Russian Empire with a population of 60 000 by 14 January 1913 The city was known as Kalinin Kali nin from 1931 to 1990 Contents 1 History 1 1 Medieval origins 1 2 Grand princedom 1 3 Later history 1 4 18th century 1 5 19th century 1 6 20th century 2 Administrative and municipal status 3 City division 4 Politics 5 Education 6 Economy 7 Transportation 7 1 Railway 7 2 Roads 7 3 Public transit 7 4 Air 7 5 Water 8 Culture 9 Sports 10 Population 11 Climate 12 Religion 13 Notable people 14 Twin towns sister cities 15 References 15 1 Notes 15 2 Sources 16 Further readingHistory EditMedieval origins Edit Tver s foundation year is officially accepted to be 1135 3 although there is no universal agreement on this date and some estimates place it as late as the second half of the 13th century citation needed According to one hypothesis the name of the city is of Finnic origin Tihevera 14 Originally a minor settlement of Novgorodian traders it passed to the Grand Prince of Vladimir in 1209 In 1246 Alexander Nevsky granted it to his younger brother Yaroslav Yaroslavich d 1271 from whom a dynasty of local princes descended Four of them were killed by the Golden Horde and were proclaimed saints by the Russian Orthodox church Formerly a land of woods and bogs the Principality of Tver was quickly transformed into one of the richest and most populous Russian states As the area was hardly accessible for Tatar raids there was a great influx of population from the recently devastated south By the end of the century it vied with Moscow for supremacy in Russia Both Tver and Moscow were recently founded cities so the outcome of their rivalry was far from certain Grand princedom Edit Main article Principality of Tver Mikhail the Grand Prince of Tver who ascended the throne of Vladimir in 1305 was one of the most revered medieval Russian rulers His policy of open conflict with the Golden Horde led to his assassination there in 1318 His son Dmitry the Terrible Eyes succeeded him and concluding an alliance with the mighty Grand Duchy of Lithuania managed to raise Tver s prestige even higher Exasperated by Dmitry s influence Prince Ivan Kalita of the Grand Duchy of Moscow engineered his murder by the Mongols in 1326 On hearing the news of this crime the city revolted against the Mongol Horde The Horde joined its forces with Muscovites and brutally repressed the rebellion Many citizens were killed enslaved or deported This was the fatal blow to Tver s aspirations for supremacy in Russia In the second half of the 14th century Tver was further weakened by dynastic struggles between its princes Two senior branches of the ruling house those of Kashin and Kholmsky asserted their claims to the grand ducal throne The claimers were backed up by Moscow and eventually settled at the Moscow Kremlin court During the Great Feudal War in the Grand Duchy of Moscow Tver again rose to prominence and concluded defensive alliances with Lithuania Novgorod Byzantium and the Golden Horde Grand Prince Boris of Tver sent one of his men Afanasy Nikitin to search for gold and diamonds as far as India Nikitin s travelogue describing his journey from 1466 to 1472 is one of the first ever firsthand accounts of India by a European A monument to Nikitin was opened on the Volga embankment in 1955 Later history Edit On 12 September 1485 the forces of Ivan the Great seized the city The principality was given as an appanage to Ivan s grandson only to be abolished several decades later Last scions of the ruling dynasty were executed by Ivan the Terrible during the Oprichnina At that turbulent time Tver was ruled by Simeon Bekbulatovich a former khan of Kasimov The only remnant of his ephemeral reign is a graceful tent like church in the village of Kushalino 28 kilometres 17 mi northeast of Tver 18th century Edit A palace built for Catherine the Great The city s decline was not irrevocable however With the foundation of St Petersburg Tver gained importance as a principal station on the highway and later railway en route from Moscow It was much visited by Russian royalty and nobility traveling from the old capital to the new one and back In the course of the administrative reform carried out in 1708 by Peter the Great Tver was included into Ingermanlandia Governorate since 1710 known as Saint Petersburg Governorate In 1727 it was transferred to the newly established Novgorod Governorate In 1775 Tver Viceroyalty was formed from the lands which previously belonged to Moscow and Novgorod Governorates and the whole area was transferred to Tver Viceroyalty which in 1796 was transformed to Tver Governorate Tver was the center of Tverskoy Uyezd 15 Following a devastating fire of 1763 the city was rebuilt in a Neoclassical style Under Catherine the Great the central part was thoroughly reconstructed Crumbling medieval buildings were razed and replaced with imposing Neoclassical buildings The most important of these are the Travel Palace of the Empress designed by the celebrated Matvei Kazakov and the Ascension church designed by Nikolay Lvov and consecrated in 1813 19th century Edit In 1809 a committee was established to improve the city 16 An architect designed the Cathedral of Christ and houses on the waterfront and in the city center 30 buildings and rebuilt the summer palace Catherine Pavlovna a sister of Alexander I was married to the governor of Tver and the palace was a social center and literary salon for Tver and visitors from Moscow and St Petersburg Writer and historian Nikolay Karamzin read excerpts from his History of the Russian State to Alexander 17 Napoleon was near Tver in 1812 20th century Edit The Tver cavalry school On 12 July 1929 the governorates and uyezds were abolished Tverskoy District with the administrative centre in Tver was established within Tver Okrug of Moscow Oblast On 23 July 1930 the okrugs were abolished and the districts were directly subordinated to the oblast 18 On 20 November 1931 the city was renamed Kalinin after the nominal head of state 1919 1946 and affiliate of Josef Stalin Mikhail Kalinin who had been born nearby 19 Simultaneously Tverskoy District was renamed Kalininsky District On 29 January 1935 Kalinin Oblast was established and Kalininsky District was transferred to Kalinin Oblast The last vestige of the pre Petrine epoch the Saviour Cathedral was blown up in 1936 In 1940 the NKVD executed more than 6 200 Polish policemen and prisoners of war from Ostashkov camp The Wehrmacht entered Kalinin on Monday 13 October 1941 according to MI9 photographs occupied Kalinin for two months from Monday 13 October 1941 Tuesday 14 October to 19 December 1941 leaving the city in ashes Kalinin was the first major city in Europe to be retaken from the Wehrmacht During the Cold War Kalinin was home to the Kryuchkovo air base which is no longer in service The city s historic name of Tver was restored on 17 July 1990 20 Apart from the suburban White Trinity Church 1564 Russian Hram Troicy Zhivonachalnoj the Temple of the Lifegiving Trinity there are no ancient monuments left in Tver The central part is graced with Catharinian and Soviet edifices bridges and embankments Tver s most notable industries are rolling stock manufacturer Tver Carriage Works opened in 1898 an excavator factory and a glass factory Tver is home to Migalovo which is one of Russia s biggest military airlift facilities Administrative and municipal status EditTver is the administrative centre of the oblast 1 and within the framework of administrative divisions it also serves as the administrative centre of Kalininsky District 8 even though it is not a part of it 1 As an administrative division it is incorporated separately as Tver Okrug an administrative unit with a status equal to that of the districts 1 As a municipal division Tver Okrug is incorporated as Tver Urban Okrug 9 City division Edit Districts of Tver The city was divided into districts in 1936 The districts were updated several times in 1965 and 1976 The final city division currently in use divides the city into four districts Zavolzhsky City District part of the city on the left bank of Volga River Moskovsky City District east of the city on the right bank of Volga River oriented towards Moscow Proletarsky City District west part of the city named after the Proletarka plant Tsentralny City District central part of the city including historical downtown and neighbourhood in a near proximity Politics Edit Seat of the Tver City Duma and City Administration on Lenin Square The Tver City Duma the local parliament is composed of 33 deputies The executive branch is the Administration of Tver The structure consists of the mayor since 2017 Alexey Ogonkov his deputies industry bodies departments of architecture and construction housing and communal services health and social policy property management and land resources economy investment and industrial policy a number of departments and divisions as well as the administration of the four districts Zavolzhsky Moskovsky Proletarsky and Tsentralny A considerable part of the government buildings of the city of Tver and the Tver Oblast lay along Sovetskaya Street the building on the square of St Michael Sovetskaya 44 is the residence of the Governor of the Oblast and a former Regional Party Committee Sovetskaya 33 is The Legislative Assembly of Tver Oblast Tver City Duma as a representative body of the city existed from 1785 to 1918 was reconstituted after the dissolution of councils and adoption of the new Constitution of Russia in 1993 On 20 March 1994 elections were held in the House of Representatives which on 26 May was renamed Tver City Duma On 7 June deputies were able to hold the first meeting and on 14 June Valery Matitsyn was elected a speaker later this post was held by Valery Pavlov Victor Pochtaryov Dmitry Bazhenov Igor Serdyuk Andrei Borisenko Lyudmila Polosina Vladimir Babichev In 1996 deputies adopted the founding document of the city the Charter of the city of Tver putting in it the principle of rotation in the Duma elections Second election based on it was held on 27 October 1996 In the future years elections held every two years in the even and odd electoral districts In 2007 12 former deputies including the former chairman of the Duma Victor Pochtaryov were convicted of taking bribes for decisions in favor of Rosvodokanal and other utilities In October 2008 the elections of some deputies have already passed on party lists and in March 2009 the entire City Duma has been transferred to this system while discontinued the practice of rotation of deputies In the elections of 2009 the best result 49 of the vote was shown by local communists On 27 October 1996 simultaneously with elections to the City Duma passed the first general elections of the head of the city won by Alexander Belousov who led the municipal administration since 1991 and received more than 50 of the vote On 30 October 2000 he was reelected to a second term and on 9 April 2003 he died of a heart attack On 26 July 2001 in early Mayoral elections opposition candidate Oleg Lebedev won On 2 December 2007 when he was supported by the pro government party United Russia he was re elected for a second term receiving more than 70 of the vote On 11 April 2008 he was suspended by the Tsentralny District Court in connection with a criminal case opened in 2005 closed in 2006 and renewed by the Prosecutor General of Russia in March 2008 Lebedev was accused of hindering the work of the investigation against his deputy Oleg Kudryashov On 2 May Oleg Lebedev was reinstated and on 3 June again dismissed and on 25 June he was taken into custody and transported to Kashin where he was convicted by visiting college of Tver Regional Court jury to eighteen years imprisonment which automatically meant the termination of his powers In 2009 he was released on parole but the position was not restored In late 2008 Tver City Duma adopted amendments to the charter of the city under which direct elections of the Mayor were abolished and a new position of head of the city administration introduced This amendment to the charter of the city was met with a mixed public reaction and local attempts to bring the issue by the Communists to citywide referendum were not supported by City Duma In March 2009 City Duma elected Vladimir Babichev as the new mayor now ceremonial post and in May the same year Vasily Toloko was appointed as the head of the city administration He had previously been the first deputy governor of the Tver Oblast The mayor and the head of the local administration were elected with a thin majority of seventeen votes United Russia Fair Russia and the Liberal Democratic Party against sixteen Communist Party On 27 December 2011 by a majority vote 22 for six against City Council voted in favor of early termination of Vasily Toloko On 29 March 2012 the Tver City Duma 25 for 4 against appointed Valery Pavlov to the post of Head of the Administration He had previously held the post of the first deputy head of Cuty Administration On 2 November 2012 Alexander Korzin was appointed as mayor of the city In 2014 he left his post and on May 28 2014 by the decision of the Tver City Duma Yury Timofeev was appointed to this post previously working for 10 years as the head of the Zapadnodvinsky District On 22 September 2016 immediately after Igor Rudenya assumed the post of governor Timofeev resigned and Alexey Ogonkov who claimed this position in 2014 became acting Mayor In August 2017 the Tver City Duma adopted amendments to the Charter of the city according to which the Mayor also heads the administration Thus the two headed management system introduced in 2008 was abolished The amendments entered into force on November 2 2017 after Alexander Korzin s term as Mayor has expired Thus from 2 November 2017 Alexey Ogonykov became the Mayor Education EditTver is home to Tver State University the highest rated university in the region It is also home to the Tver State technical university medical university agricultural academy and more than twenty colleges and lyceums branch campuses of some Moscow higher educational institutions and more than fifty high schools The Tver State Medical Academy is located in Tver The Tver Branch of MESI Moscow State University of Economics Statistics and Informatics a university with more than 75 years of history Tver also houses the Zhukov Air and Space Defense Academy Tver also has around fifty secondary schools a private school lycee and the Suvorov military school Economy EditThere is a garment factory located in Tver established in 1918 As of 2016 the factory has 300 workers Transportation Edit Tver railway depot and roundhouse ca 1860 Photo courtesy SMU Tver KSM 2 factory railway Railway Edit The Oktyabrskaya Railway linking Moscow and St Petersburg crosses the city Since 1850 there has been a railway connection between Tver and Moscow 21 The primary Tver Railway Station has a locomotive and car shed allowing it to service both passenger and cargo trains In addition to the Tver Central Station there are four minor stations within the city perimeter Lazurnaya Proletarskaya Doroshikha and PPGT The suburban railway service links Tver to Moscow Bologoye Torzhok Most trains passing from Moscow to the north west regions make a short stop in Tver The high speed train Sapsan which connects Moscow with St Petersburg also makes stops in Tver as well as the Tolstoy train connecting Moscow to Helsinki Finland The newly designed high speed railway line between Moscow and St Petersburg is expected to have a New Tver station several kilometres southward of the city border 22 The narrow gauge railway of KSM 2 factory Tver plant of building materials No 2 Roads Edit The major M10 Highway linking Moscow and St Petersburg also crosses the city This motorway is a part of the Pan European corridors system The roads to Rzhev A112 Vesyegonsk P84 and Volokolamsk P90 along with many smaller regional roads originate in the city The new highway between Moscow and St Petersburg that is designed at the present time will pass close to the northern border of Tver Tver is notable for a high number of private cars there are 288 cars per thousand residents which is well above average among the other regions of Russia 23 Public transit Edit There is a local bus station that interconnects Tver with minor towns of Tver Oblast neighbouring oblasts and Moscow Local public transit consists of trolleybuses trams buses and marshrutkas routed taxis The latter two have taken priority during recent years In November 2018 the tram traffic in Tver was completely stopped On August 7 2019 all car drivers as well as track fitters and support staff of the trams left by mutual agreement 24 At the same time the dismantling of the contact network and the tracks along the last existing route began The city administration said that it was necessary to completely repair the roadbed In recent years there has been a tendency to reduce the route network of trolley buses During the first quarter of 2020 local authorities plan to introduce a new transport model which implies the elimination of trolleybus traffic and the duplication of its routes with buses From April 14 2020 the last of the existing trolleybus routes No 2 was replaced by a bus route 42 on which diesel buses now operate 25 Air Edit There are two airfields within the city Migalovo military air base and Zmeyovo airport although the nearest airport with regular scheduled commercial service is Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow Water Edit The river station Rechnoj Vokzal rechnoy vokzal is located on the left bank of the Volga River close to the confluence with the river Tvertsa There is also a small cargo port in the lower part of the Volga During the summertime pleasure boats ply up and down the Volga with their base off the river station Culture Edit The Zvezda Cinema 1937 was the largest in Tver Oblast for a long time Tver is home to Tver Oblast Academic Drama Theatre Tver State Youth Theatre Tver State Puppet Theatre Tver State Philharmonic Orchestra Tver State Circus The Tver Oblast Art Gallery The Tver state Art architecture and Literature MuseumSports EditThe city association football team FC Volga Tver was dissolved in 2017 Population EditPopulation 416 216 2021 Census 13 403 606 2010 Census 6 408 903 2002 Census 26 450 941 1989 Census 27 Climate EditTver has a humid continental climate which is typical for Central Russia Winters are long snowy and cold but extremely severe frosts below 35 C 31 F are rare less than 10 calendar days per annum The summer is generally warm and humid with the temperature often rising higher than 30 C 86 F Climate data for Tver 1991 2020 extremes 1871 present Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high C F 9 0 48 2 8 4 47 1 17 5 63 5 26 8 80 2 33 7 92 7 35 4 95 7 37 3 99 1 38 8 101 8 32 6 90 7 24 5 76 1 15 3 59 5 9 5 49 1 38 8 101 8 Average high C F 4 4 24 1 3 4 25 9 2 5 36 5 11 2 52 2 18 5 65 3 22 1 71 8 24 5 76 1 22 3 72 1 16 0 60 8 8 4 47 1 1 1 34 0 2 8 27 0 9 7 49 5 Daily mean C F 7 19 6 7 19 9 1 6 29 1 6 0 42 8 12 6 54 7 16 6 61 9 19 0 66 2 16 8 62 2 11 2 52 2 5 1 41 2 1 1 30 0 5 23 5 5 41 9 Average low C F 9 8 14 4 10 2 13 6 5 6 21 9 0 9 33 6 6 7 44 1 10 9 51 6 13 5 56 3 11 7 53 1 7 0 44 6 2 1 35 8 3 2 26 2 7 4 18 7 1 4 34 5 Record low C F 39 7 39 5 41 6 42 9 36 4 33 5 21 4 6 5 7 4 18 7 2 3 27 9 2 2 36 0 2 2 28 0 7 1 19 2 17 4 0 7 29 2 20 6 43 8 46 8 43 8 46 8 Average precipitation mm inches 44 1 7 38 1 5 34 1 3 34 1 3 64 2 5 77 3 0 76 3 0 75 3 0 58 2 3 67 2 6 50 2 0 44 1 7 661 26 0 Average extreme snow depth cm inches 19 7 5 29 11 26 10 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 11 4 3 29 11 Average rainy days 4 4 6 11 15 15 13 15 16 15 11 6 131Average snowy days 23 21 15 5 1 0 03 0 0 0 4 5 16 21 107Average relative humidity 86 82 76 70 68 72 73 78 82 85 88 87 79Source Pogoda ru net 28 Religion Edit The Monastery of Christ s Nativity Tver mosque Tver has four functioning Russian Orthodox cathedrals fifteen Orthodox churches a Mormon chapel a Catholic church a mosque and a synagogue Within Tver as in other cities of Central Russia the main religion is Russian Orthodox Christianity Tver is the centre of Diocese of Tver and Kashin of the Russian Orthodox Church having the diocesan administration and residence of the ruling bishop Since 14 July 2018 the Metropolitan of Tver and Kashin has been Savva Mikheyev White Trinity Temple in Zatmachye recently renamed Trinity Cathedral built in 1564 and since repeatedly reconstructed is the oldest surviving stone building in Tver It is subordinate to the ruling bishop Ascension Cathedral built in the 1750s is in the historic centre of the city on Tverskoy Avenue and has the status of an episcopal monastery Preserved Assumption Cathedral 18th century pre existing Otroch monastery is in Trans Volga district near the mouth of Tvertsa river Resurrection Cathedral was built in 1912 1913 marking the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty and in the 1990s after the return of the church received the status of the cathedral and is directly subordinate to the ruling bishop Not far from the cathedral is the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ and the monastery built in the 1810s Notable people EditAfanasy Nikitin merchant and explorer Alexander Krinitsky Soviet politician Alexander Kutuzov ice hockey player Aleksandr Shibayev football player Alexander Smirnov ice skater Alexei Smirnov ice hockey player Anastasia Dobromyslova professional darts player Andrei Tupolev aircraft designer Andrey Dementyev poet Anton Solovyov football player Boris Pugo politician Darya Klishina athlete Denis Kokarev ice hockey player Evgeny Ryasensky ice hockey player Fyodor Khitruk animator and animation director German Goncharov nuclear physicist and weapon designer Igor Aksyonov association football player Ilya Kovalchuk ice hockey player Ivan Zabelin historian archaeologist Jadwiga Falkowska social activist one of the founders of Girl Scouting in Poland Konstantin Krasavin Hero of the Great Patriotic War Leo Frankowski science fiction writer who has settled in Tver building a modern castle for his family Mahir Emreli Azerbaijani footballer Mikhail Alekseyev Russian general World War I Russian Civil War Mikhail Krug singer Mikhail Gromov aviator and Hero of the Soviet Union Miron Akimovich Ljubovsky surgeon Nadia Russo pioneering aviator Nikolay Demyanov organic chemist Nikolai Utkin graphic artist and illustrator Oleg Losev scientist and inventor Sergei Khomutov football player Tatyana Sergeyeva composer Valeriy Litskai Transnistrian politician Victor Sokolov dissident journalist and priest Viktor Denisov sprint canoer Viktor Kapitonov road cyclist Vladimir Gardin actor and film director Vladimir Vasilyev rally driver Yuri Zhdanov chemistry professor son of Andrey Zhdanov and husband of Svetlana AliluyevaTwin towns sister cities EditSee also List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information April 2022 Tver is twinned with 29 Bergamo Italy Besancon France Budyonnovsk Russia Buffalo United States Calicut India Feodosia 1 Russia Ukraine Gyumri Armenia Hameenlinna Finland Kaposvar Hungary Montemurlo Italy Orsha Belarus Osnabruck Germany Veliko Tarnovo Bulgaria Yingkou ChinaReferences Edit a b c d e f g h i Law 34 ZO Decision 137 358 a b Charter of Tver Article 1 a b Charter of Tver Article 28 Official website of Tver Yury Vasilyevich Timofeyev Head of the City of Tver Administration in Russian a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service 2011 Vserossijskaya perepis naseleniya 2010 goda Tom 1 2010 All Russian Population Census vol 1 Vserossijskaya perepis naseleniya 2010 goda 2010 All Russia 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Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of Tver Oblast and on Granting Them the Status of Urban Okrugs Municipal Districts Effective as of the day which is ten days after the official publication Prezidium Verhovnogo Soveta RSFSR Ukaz ot 17 iyulya 1990 g O pereimenovanii goroda Kalinina v gorod Tver Opublikovan Vedomosti SND RSFSR i VS RSFSR 8 st 117 1990 g Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR Decree of July 17 1990 On Changing the Name of the City of Kalinin to the City of Tver This article incorporates material translated from the Russian WikipediaFurther reading EditAnnette M B Meakin 1906 Tver Russia Travels and Studies London Hurst and Blackett OCLC 3664651 OL 24181315M Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tver amp oldid 1152326400, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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