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. The Battles of Rzhev (Russian: Ржевская битва) were a series of Soviet operations in World War II between January 8, 1942, and March 31, 1943. Due to the high losses suffered by the Soviet Army, the campaign became known by veterans and historians as the "Rzhev Meat Grinder" ("Ржевская мясорубка", Rzhevskaya myasorubka). Rzhev was home to the Rzhev and Bakhmutovo air bases during the Cold War.

The bus service between Tver and Moscow/St.Petersburg is very unstable because of traffic jams. To save time, most buses between Moscow and St.Petersburg use the Leningrad highway which circumvents the city. However, the cities and villages of Tver Oblast are well connected to the regional center. 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. Museum of Tver Everyday Life - a small museum located in the complex of buildings of the estate of the Arefiev merchants. The exposition of the museum is devoted to the everyday life of various segments of people of the Tver Governorate and works of applied art created by urban artisans and peasants. Gor’kogo Street, 19/4. La Piazza Sport, Tverskoy Prospekt, 18, ☏ +7 482 265-65-55. European-style eatery with pizza, burgers, beer, and billiard tables. ( updated Jun 2021) There is a garment factory located in Tver, established in 1918. As of 2016, the factory has 300 workers.

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The narrow gauge railway of KSM-2 factory, Tver serves a factory of building materials No.2 in Tver. Nilov Monastery — a fantastically beautiful and enormous monastery on Stolbny Island in Lake Seliger; served as a gulag for many of the Polish prisoners of war who were massacred at Katyn

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 does have an international airport (Migalovo), but most travelers arrive via the well-traveled railroad running between Saint Petersburg and nearby Moscow.

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On October 17, 1941, during the Second World War, the city was captured by the Germans, however, their further advance was delayed, and in the northwest direction it was completely stopped. It was under German occupation for about two months. During the occupation and heavy fighting, the city was badly damaged, more than half of the residential buildings and about 70 enterprises were destroyed. Until the liberation of Rzhev (March 3, 1943), Kalinin was subjected to systematic raids by German aircraft. On 12 September 1485, the forces of Ivan III seized the city, leading to it to be formally annexed by Moscow. The principality was given as an appanage to Ivan's son, Ivan the Young, [15] only to be abolished several decades later. The last scions of the ruling dynasty were executed by Ivan the Terrible during the oprichnina. During 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 (17mi) northeast of Tver. Chronicles and stone construction were resumed in Tver for the first time in Rus after a 50-year hiatus. Tver developed its own original art school: architecture, icon painting, jewelry, decorative and applied arts. Its own coin was also minted here.

Tver State United Museum. The exposition of the museum tells about the nature of this region, its history, and archaeological finds. Here you can see antiques, learn about the history of the Tver Principality, the religion of the Slavs, get acquainted with the architecture and life of the nobles, who lived on the territory of the Tver region in the 17th-19th centuries. Sovetskaya Street, 5. In 1851, Tver was connected with St. Petersburg and Moscow by the Nikolaev railway. In the second half of the 19th century, a steamship society, a weaving manufactory, a mechanical plant for the production of parts for textile machines, sawmills, and other enterprises were opened in Tver. In 1850-1860, three textile factories were founded in Tver. Tver in the 20th century and beyond Buses connect the district with Tver and Moscow, as well as provide local transportation. There also roads from Kashin to Kalyazin and Kesova Gora. A railway connects Kashin with Sonkovo and Moscow; there is infrequent passenger traffic. Ordinary suburban trains or electrichki. Soviet-style trains with a plastic hard seats without air conditioners and with only two toilets in the head train cars (the toilets are extremely dirty). They are not fast and stops at the many platforms along the route. Population: 416,216( 2021 Census); [13] 403,606( 2010 Census); [6] 408,903( 2002 Census); [31] 450,941( 1989 Census). [32] Climate [ edit ]

Tver city map, Russia

to Saint Petersburg via Tver – Bologoye (main course of the Oktyabrskaya Railway), west across the Rzhev – Velikiye Luki (branch of Riga, Vilnius, Warsaw and Kaliningrad – Berlin. to Kimry – Sonkovo – Pestovo – St. Petersburg; to Pskov through Tver – Bologoe. The largest railway junction of Tver Oblast is located in Bologoye. Bologovskiy assembly includes five areas: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Pskov, Yaroslavl, and Great Luke. Simultaneous distribution on all key stations, from 11.]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). April 9, 2022. p.33. a b "ＮＨＫ、２６日からＴＶｅｒ参加 朝ドラ・大河は対象外：朝日新聞デジタル". 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). 2019-08-23 . Retrieved 2023-04-20. Simultaneous distribution, 4 commercial broadcasters in April]. Asahi Shimbun. February 18, 2022. p.31. In 1900, a permanent bridge across the Volga River was built in Tver, designed by the Czech engineer L. Mashek. In 1914, the population of Tver was 63,900 people. With the outbreak of the First World War, the Russian Empire experienced problems in exchanging information with its allies - France and the British Empire, since most of the European land lines passed through the German Empire. The key role in the exchange of information between the allies was played by the Tver special purpose radio station of the Russian military department. During the war, the Russian-Baltic Carriage Works were evacuated to Tver from Riga.

Tver Oblast ( Russian: Тверская область, romanized: Tverskaya oblast, IPA: [tvʲɪrˈskajə ˈobləsʲtʲ]; Karelian: Tverin alue) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tver. From 1935 to 1990, it was known as Kalinin Oblast ( Калининская область). Population: 1,353,392( 2010 Census). [13]

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