Tver
Tver
Тверь | |
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City of oblast significance | |
From up to down: Square of Michael I of Tver and on the Volga river in Tver, St Catherine Church on the left | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
| Anthem: "Anthem of Tver" | |
Interactive map 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 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Tver Oblast |
| Founded | 1135 |
| Government | |
| • Body | City Duma |
| • Head | Alexey Ogonkov |
| Elevation | 135 m (443 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 403,606 |
• Estimate (2025) | 414,606 (+2.7%) |
| • Rank | 46th in 2010 |
| • Subordinated to | Tver Okrug |
| • Capital of | Tver Oblast, Kalininsky District |
| • Urban okrug | Tver Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Tver Urban Okrug, Kalininsky Municipal District |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| Postal codes | 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 | +7 4822 |
| OKTMO ID | 28701000001 |
| Website | 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).
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. According to one hypothesis, the name of the Tvertsa is of Finnic origin, *Tiheverä.
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 (Калинин) from 1931 to 1990.
Aside from the White Trinity Church (1564), built of limestone (rather than usual brick) and located in a district of traditional log houses away from the city center, there are no pre-Petrine buildings left in Tver. The central part, featuring the Volga embankments and bridges, is graced with Catharinian and Soviet edifices.