Administrative Divisions Of Tver Oblast
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Tver Oblast Tver Oblast (russian: Тверска́я о́бласть, ''Tverskaya oblast'', ), from 1935 to 1990 known as Kalinin Oblast (), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tver. It was named after Mikhai ...
is divided into two urban-type settlements under the federal government management, five cities and towns of oblast significance, and thirty-six
districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
. In terms of the population, the biggest administrative district is
Konakovsky District Konakovsky District (russian: Конако́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast An oblast (; ; Cyr ...
(87,125 in 2010), the smallest one is Molokovsky District (5,235) and
Lesnoy District Lesnoy District (russian: Лесно́й райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Pestovsky District of ...
(5,252). In terms of the area, the biggest administrative district is Kalininsky District (), the smallest ones are
Kesovogorsky District Kesovogorsky District (russian: Кесового́рский райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Tver Oblast, thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the ea ...
() and
Sonkovsky District Sonkovsky District (russian: Сонко́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast and borders with Krasnokholmsk ...
().


Administrative divisions

*Urban-type settlements under the federal government management: ** Ozyorny (Озёрный) ** Solnechny (Солнечный) *Cities and towns under the oblast's jurisdiction: **
Tver Tver ( rus, Тверь, p=tvʲerʲ) is a city and the administrative centre of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is northwest of Moscow. Population: Tver was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and a model provincial town in the Russian ...
(Тверь) (administrative center) ***''City districts'': **** Moskovsky (Московский) **** Proletarsky (Пролетарский) **** Tsentralny (Центральный) **** Zavolzhsky (Заволжский) **
Kimry Kimry (russian: Ки́мры), formerly Kimra (), is a town in the south of Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River at its confluence with the Kimrka River, to the east of Tver. Population: History The town was known as Kimra until the ...
(Кимры) **
Rzhev Rzhev ( rus, Ржев, p=ˈrʐɛf) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Tver Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Staritsa (town), Tver Oblast, Staritsa and from Tver, on the highway and railway connecting Moscow and Riga. It ...
(Ржев) **
Torzhok Torzhok (russian: Торжо́к) is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Tvertsa River along the federal highway M10 and a branch of the Oktyabrskaya Railway division of the Russian Railways. The town is famous for its folk craft of g ...
(Торжок) **
Vyshny Volochyok Vyshny VolochyokThe more-regular spelling Vyshny Volochok ( rus, Вы́шний Волочо́к)—with instead of after an unpaired " hush consonant"—is seen but is not official; the two spellings are pronounced the same in Russian. ( rus, ...
(Вышний Волочёк) *Districts: ** Andreapolsky (Андреапольский) ***''Towns'' under the district's jurisdiction: ****
Andreapol Andreapol (russian: Андреа́поль) is a town and the administrative center of Andreapolsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Valdai Hills on the left bank in the upper course of the Western Dvina. Population: 12,000 (19 ...
(Андреаполь) ***with 7 ''rural okrugs'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Belsky (Бельский) ***''Towns'' under the district's jurisdiction: **** Bely (Белый) ***with 6 ''rural okrugs'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Bezhetsky (Бежецкий) ***''Towns'' under the district's jurisdiction: ****
Bezhetsk Bezhetsk (russian: Бе́жецк) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Bezhetsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Mologa River at its confluence with the Ostrechina. Population: 29 ...
(Бежецк) ***with 13 ''rural okrugs'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Bologovsky (Бологовский) ***''Towns'' under the district's jurisdiction: ****
Bologoye Bologoye () is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities *Bologoye, Tver Oblast, a town in Bologovsky District of Tver Oblast ;Rural localities * Bologoye, Omsk Oblast, a '' selo'' in Rozovsky Rural Okrug of Russko-P ...
(Бологое) ***''Urban-type settlements'' under the district's jurisdiction: ****
Kuzhenkino Kuzhenkino (russian: Куженкино) is the name of several inhabited localities in Bologovsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia. ;Urban localities * Kuzhenkino (urban-type settlement), an urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: ...
(Куженкино) ***with 9 ''rural okrugs'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Firovsky (Фировский) ***''Urban-type settlements'' under the district's jurisdiction: **** Firovo (Фирово) **** Velikooktyabrsky (Великооктябрьский) ***with 3 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Kalininsky (Калининский) ***''Urban-type settlements'' under the district's jurisdiction: ****
Orsha Orsha ( be, О́рша, Во́рша, Orša, Vorša; russian: О́рша ; lt, Orša, pl, Orsza) is a city in Belarus in the Vitebsk Region, on the fork of the Dnieper and Arshytsa rivers. History Orsha was first mentioned in 1067 as Rsha ...
(Орша) ****
Sukhoverkovo Sukhoverkovo (russian: Сухове́рково) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Kalininsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia, located approximately southwest of the city of Tver Tver ( rus, Тверь, p=tvʲerʲ) is a cit ...
(Суховерково) **** Vasilyevsky Mokh (Васильевский Мох) ***with 15 ''rural okrugs'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Kalyazinsky (Калязинский) ***''Towns'' under the district's jurisdiction: ****
Kalyazin Kalyazin (russian: Каля́зин) is a town and the administrative center of Kalyazinsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River, northeast of Tver, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: ...
(Калязин) ***with 4 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Kashinsky (Кашинский) ***''Towns'' under the district's jurisdiction: **** Kashin (Кашин) ***with 11 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Kesovogorsky (Кесовогорский) ***''Urban-type settlements'' under the district's jurisdiction: ****
Kesova Gora Kesova Gora (russian: Ке́сова Гора́) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Kesovogorsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia, located from Kashin and from Bezhetsk. Population: History Kesova ...
(Кесова Гора) ***with 6 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Kimrsky (Кимрский) ***''Urban-type settlements'' under the district's jurisdiction: ****
Bely Gorodok Bely Gorodok (russian: Бе́лый Городо́к) is an urban-type settlement in Kimrsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located on the right bank of the Volga River, at the confluence of the Khotcha River. Population: History Bely Go ...
(Белый Городок) ***with 13 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Konakovsky (Конаковский) ***''Towns'' under the district's jurisdiction: ****
Konakovo Konakovo ( rus, Конако́во, p=kənɐˈkovə) is a town and the administrative center of Konakovsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of Ivankovo Reservoir (Volga River). Population: History Konakovo was founde ...
(Конаково) ***''Urban-type settlements'' under the district's jurisdiction: **** Izoplit (Изоплит) ****
Kozlovo Kozlovo (russian: Козлово) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Modern localities Astrakhan Oblast As of 2010, one rural locality in Astrakhan Oblast bears this name: * Kozlovo, Astrakhan Oblast, a '' selo'' in Kozlovsky ...
(Козлово) **** Novozavidovsky (Новозавидовский) **** Radchenko (Радченко) ****
Redkino Redkino (russian: Редкино or ) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Republic of Bashkortostan As of 2022, one rural locality in the Republic of Bashkortostan bears this name: * Redkino, Republic of Bashkortostan, a village ...
(Редкино) ***with 10 ''rural settlements'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Krasnokholmsky (Краснохолмский) ***''Towns'' under the district's jurisdiction: **** Krasny Kholm (Красный Холм) ***with 9 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Kuvshinovsky (Кувшиновский) ***''Towns'' under the district's jurisdiction: **** Kuvshinovo (Кувшиново) ***with 12 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Lesnoy (Лесной) ***with 4 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Likhoslavlsky (Лихославльский) ***''Towns'' under the district's jurisdiction: ****
Likhoslavl Likhoslavl (russian: Лихосла́вль) is a town and the administrative center of Likhoslavlsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Moscow–St. Petersburg Railway, northwest of Tver, the administrative center of the obl ...
(Лихославль) ***''Urban-type settlements'' under the district's jurisdiction: **** Kalashnikovo (Калашниково) ***with 10 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Maksatikhinsky (Максатихинский) ***''Urban-type settlements'' under the district's jurisdiction: ****
Maksatikha Maksatikha (russian: Макса́тиха) is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Maksatikhinsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia, with a population of It is located on the left bank of the Mologa River close to the mouth of ...
(Максатиха) ***with 12 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Molokovsky (Молоковский) ***''Urban-type settlements'' under the district's jurisdiction: **** Molokovo (Молоково) ***with 5 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Nelidovsky (Нелидовский) ***''Towns'' under the district's jurisdiction: ****
Nelidovo Nelidovo (russian: Нелидово) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities *Nelidovo, Nelidovsky District, Tver Oblast, a town of district significance in Nelidovsky District of Tver Oblast ;Rural localities * N ...
(Нелидово) ***with 5 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Oleninsky (Оленинский) ***''Urban-type settlements'' under the district's jurisdiction: ****
Olenino Olenino (russian: Оленино) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Urban localities *Olenino, Tver Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Oleninsky District of Tver Oblast Rural localities * Olenino, Ilyinsky District, Ivanovo ...
(Оленино) ***with 6 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Ostashkovsky (Осташковский) ***''Towns'' under the district's jurisdiction: ****
Ostashkov Ostashkov (russian: Оста́шков) is a town and the administrative center of Ostashkovsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, on a peninsula at the southern shore of Lake Seliger, west of Tver, the administrative center of the oblast. Populat ...
(Осташков) ***with 11 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Penovsky (Пеновский) ***''Urban-type settlements'' under the district's jurisdiction: **** Peno (Пено) ***with 6 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Rameshkovsky (Рамешковский) ***''Urban-type settlements'' under the district's jurisdiction: ****
Rameshki Rameshki (russian: Рамешки) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Kostroma Oblast As of 2010, two rural localities in Kostroma Oblast bear this name: *Rameshki, Kologrivsky District, Kostroma Oblast, a village in Ilyinskoye ...
(Рамешки) ***with 10 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Rzhevsky (Ржевский) ***with 8 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Sandovsky (Сандовский) ***''Urban-type settlements'' under the district's jurisdiction: **** Sandovo (Сандово) ***with 5 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Selizharovsky (Селижаровский) ***''Urban-type settlements'' under the district's jurisdiction: ****
Selizharovo Selizharovo (russian: Селижа́рово) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Selizharovsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia situated at the confluence of the Selizharovka and Volga Rivers. Populati ...
(Селижарово) ***with 11 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Sonkovsky (Сонковский) ***''Urban-type settlements'' under the district's jurisdiction: ****
Sonkovo Sonkovo (russian: Сонко́во) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Sonkovsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia. Population: History Founded by the Russian Greek Orthodox Inkeriköt ( Izhorians) i ...
(Сонково) ***with 7 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Spirovsky (Спировский) ***''Urban-type settlements'' under the district's jurisdiction: **** Spirovo (Спирово) ***with 4 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Staritsky (Старицкий) ***''Towns'' under the district's jurisdiction: ****
Staritsa Staritsa (russian: Старица) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Modern localities ;Urban localities * Staritsa (town), Tver Oblast, a town in Staritsky District of Tver Oblast ;Rural localities * Staritsa, Astrakhan Obla ...
(Старица) ***with 8 ''rural settlements'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Toropetsky (Торопецкий) ***''Towns'' under the district's jurisdiction: ****
Toropets Toropets (russian: Торо́пец) is a town and the administrative center of Toropetsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located where the Toropa River enters Lake Solomennoye. Population: History In 1074, when the town was first mentione ...
(Торопец) ***with 11 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Torzhoksky (Торжокский) ***with 22 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Udomelsky (Удомельский) ***''Towns'' under the district's jurisdiction: ****
Udomlya Udomlya (russian: Удо́мля) is a town and the administrative center of Udomelsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the shores of Lake Pesvo on the Rybinsk–Bologoye railway, north of Tver, the administrative center of the oblas ...
(Удомля) ***with 12 ''selsovets'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Vesyegonsky (Весьегонский) ***''Towns'' under the district's jurisdiction: **** Vesyegonsk (Весьегонск) ***with 7 ''rural okrugs'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Vyshnevolotsky (Вышневолоцкий) ***''Urban-type settlements'' under the district's jurisdiction: **** Krasnomaysky (Красномайский) ***with 14 ''rural okrugs'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Zapadnodvinsky (Западнодвинский) ***''Towns'' under the district's jurisdiction: **** Zapadnaya Dvina (Западная Двина) ***''Urban-type settlements'' under the district's jurisdiction: **** Staraya Toropa (Старая Торопа) ** Zharkovsky (Жарковский) ***''Urban-type settlements'' under the district's jurisdiction: **** Zharkovsky (Жарковский) ***with 5 ''rural okrugs'' under the district's jurisdiction. ** Zubtsovsky (Зубцовский) ***''Towns'' under the district's jurisdiction: ****
Zubtsov Zubtsov (russian: Зубцо́в) is a town and the administrative center of Zubtsovsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Volga and Vazuza Rivers, south of Tver, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: ...
(Зубцов) ***with 7 ''rural okrugs'' under the district's jurisdiction.


Municipal divisions

The municipal divisions of Tver Oblast are identical with its administrative divisions. All of the administrative districts of Tver Oblast are municipally incorporated as municipal districts, and the cities of oblast significance are municipally incorporated as urban okrugs.


History


Before 1918

, 1708
Tsar Tsar ( or ), also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar'', is a title used by East Slavs, East and South Slavs, South Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word ''Caesar (title), caesar'', which was intended to mean "emperor" i ...
Peter the Great Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...
issued an
edict An edict is a decree or announcement of a law, often associated with monarchism, but it can be under any official authority. Synonyms include "dictum" and "pronouncement". ''Edict'' derives from the Latin edictum. Notable edicts * Telepinu Proc ...
which established seven governorates.Указ об учреждении губерний и о росписании к ним городов
The description of the borders of the governorates was not given; instead, their area was defined as a set of towns and the lands adjacent to those towns. The present area of Tver oblast was split between Ingermanland Governorate, which was renamed
Saint Petersburg Governorate Saint Petersburg Governorate (russian: Санкт-Петербу́ргская губе́рния, ''Sankt-Peterburgskaya guberniya''), or Government of Saint Petersburg, was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Tsardom of Russia ...
in 1710,
Moscow Governorate Moscow Governorate (russian: Московская губерния; pre-reform Russian: ), or the Government of Moscow, was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and the Russian SFSR, which ...
, and
Smolensk Governorate Smolensk Governorate (russian: Смоленская губерния, Smolenskaja gubernija), or the Government of Smolensk, was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and the Russian SFSR. It ex ...
. The governorates were subdivided into
uyezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd; rus, уе́зд, p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context ( uk, повіт), or Kreis in Baltic-German context, was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Russian Empire, and the ea ...
s, and uyezds into
volost Volost ( rus, во́лость, p=ˈvoləsʲtʲ; ) was a traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe. In earlier East Slavic history, ''volost'' was a name for the territory ruled by the knyaz, a principality; either as an absolute ...
s. In 1713, Smolensk Governorate was abolished and split between Moscow and Riga Governorates; in 1726, it was re-established. In 1727, a separate
Novgorod Governorate Novgorod Governorate (Pre-reformed rus, Новгоро́дская губе́рнія, r=Novgorodskaya guberniya, p=ˈnofɡərətskəjə ɡʊˈbʲernʲɪjə, t=Government of Novgorod), was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Ru ...
was established, and the areas within present Tver Oblast, belonging to Saint Petersburg Governorate, were transferred to Novgorod and Moscow Governorates. It was subdivided into five provinces, and the current area of Tver Oblast belonged to two of them — Tver Province and
Velikiye Luki Province Veliky, or similar, may refer to: *Veliky (rural locality) (''Velikaya'', ''Velikoye''), name of several rural localities in Russia *Veliky (surname) *Velikaya, a river in Pskov Oblast, Russia *Velikaya (Chukotka), a river in Chukotka, Russia See ...
. The rest of the current area of the oblast belonged to
Uglich Province Uglich ( rus, У́глич, p=ˈuɡlʲɪtɕ) is a historic town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River. Population: History The city was first documented in 1148 as ''Ugliche Pole'' (''Corner Field''). The town's name is though ...
of Moscow Governorate and
Belsky Uyezd Belsky (masculine), Belskaya (feminine), or Belskoye (neuter) may refer to: * Belsky (surname), a Russian-originated last name *Belsky (cartoonist), British cartoonist and illustrator * Belsky District, name of several districts in Russia * Belsky ...
of Smolensk Governorate. In 1775-1776, the administrative reform abolished governorates and created viceroyalties. The current area of Tver Oblast was divided between
Tver Tver ( rus, Тверь, p=tvʲerʲ) is a city and the administrative centre of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is northwest of Moscow. Population: Tver was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and a model provincial town in the Russian ...
,
Novgorod Veliky Novgorod ( rus, links=no, Великий Новгород, t=Great Newtown, p=vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət), also known as just Novgorod (), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the ol ...
,
Pskov Pskov ( rus, Псков, a=pskov-ru.ogg, p=pskof; see also names in other languages) is a city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, located about east of the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. Population ...
, and Smolensk Viceroyalties. In 1796, the viceroyalties were abolished, and transformed back into eponymous governorates. In the 19th century, the area was divided between the following
uyezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd; rus, уе́зд, p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context ( uk, повіт), or Kreis in Baltic-German context, was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Russian Empire, and the ea ...
s, *
Bezhetsky Uyezd Bezhetsky Uyezd (''Бежецкий уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tver Governorate of the Russian Empire. Its capital was Bezhetsk. Bezhetsky Uyezd was situated in the eastern part of the governorate (in the eastern part of the pres ...
of
Tver Governorate Tver Governorate (russian: Тверская губерния, ''Tverskaya guberniya'') was an administrative division (a ''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 ...
(since 1775, the administrative center in Bezhetsk); *
Kashinsky Uyezd Kashinsky Uyezd (''Кашинский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tver Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Kashin. Demographics At the tim ...
of Tver Governorate (since 1775, Kashin); *
Novotorzhsky Uyezd Novotorzhsky Uyezd was an administrative-territorial unit (uyezd) of the Tver Governorate as part of the Russian Empire and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The uyezd town was Torzhok. Geography The county was located in the centr ...
of Tver Governorate (since 1775, Torzhok); *
Ostashkovsky Uyezd Ostashkovsky Uyezd (''Осташковский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tver Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Ostashkov. Demographics ...
of Tver Governorate (since 1775, Ostashkov); *
Rzhevsky Uyezd Rzhevsky Uyezd (''Ржевский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tver Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Rzhev. Demographics At the time of ...
of Tver Governorate (since 1775, Rzhev); *
Staritsky Uyezd Staritsky Uyezd (''Старицкий уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tver Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southcentral part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Staritsa. Demographics At the ti ...
of Tver Governorate (since 1775, Staritsa); *
Tverskoy Uyezd Tverskoy Uyezd (''Тверской уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tver Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Tver. Demographics At the time of t ...
of Tver Governorate (since 1775, Tver); *
Vyshnevolotsky Uyezd Vyshnevolotsky Uyezd (''Вышневолоцкий уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tver Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northcentral part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Vyshny Volochyok. D ...
of Tver Governorate (since 1775, Vyshny Volochyok); *
Zubtsovsky Uyezd Zubtsovsky Uyezd (''Зубцовский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tver Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Zubtsov. Demographics At the time ...
of Tver Governorate (since 1775, Zubtsov); *
Kalyazinsky Uyezd Kalyazinsky Uyezd (''Калязинский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tver Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the eastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Kalyazin. Demographics At the t ...
of Tver Governorate (from 1775 till 1796 and from 1803, Kalyazin) *
Korchevskoy Uyezd Korchevskoy Uyezd (''Корчевской уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tver Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the eastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Korcheva. Demographics At the ti ...
of Tver Governorate (from 1781 till 1796 and from 1803,
Korcheva Korcheva () was a town in central Russia, on the territory of the modern Konakovsky District, Tver Oblast, on the Volga River, with a population of a few thousand people. It was first mentioned in the 1540s as a selo. Korcheva received town stat ...
) *
Vesyegonsky Uyezd Vesyegonsky Uyezd (''Весьегонский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Tver Governorate of the Russian Empire. Its capital was Vesyegonsk. Vesyegonsky Uyezd was located in the northeastern part of the governorate (mostly in pr ...
of Tver Governorate (from 1775 till 1796 and from 1803, Vesyegonsk) *
Valdaysky Uyezd Valdaysky Uyezd (''Валдайский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Valday. Demographics At t ...
of Novgorod Governorate (since 1770, Valday); * Toropetsky Uyezd of Pskov Governorate (since 1777, Toropets); *
Belsky Uyezd Belsky (masculine), Belskaya (feminine), or Belskoye (neuter) may refer to: * Belsky (surname), a Russian-originated last name *Belsky (cartoonist), British cartoonist and illustrator * Belsky District, name of several districts in Russia * Belsky ...
of Smolensk Governorate (since 1708, Bely); * Porechsky Uyezd of Smolensk Governorate (since 1775, Porechye). Minor areas also belonged to
Kholmsky Uyezd Kholmsky (masculine), Kholmskaya (feminine), or Kholmskoye (neuter) may refer to: * Kholmskaya (or ''Kholmsky''), a rural locality (a ''stanitsa'') in Krasnodar Krai, Russia * Kholmsky District, several districts in Russia * Daniil Kholmsky (died ...
of Novgorod Governorate,
Velizhsky Uyezd Velizhsky Uyezd (''Велижский уезд'') was one of the eleven subdivisions of the Vitebsk Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Velizh. Demographics A ...
of
Vitebsk Governorate Vitebsk Governorate (russian: Витебская губерния, ) was an administrative unit ( guberniya) of the Russian Empire, with the seat of governorship in Vitebsk. It was established in 1802 by splitting the Byelorussia Governorate and ...
, and to Myshkinsky Uyezd of
Yaroslavl Governorate Yaroslavl Governorate (russian: Ярославская губерния, ''Yaroslavskaya guberniya'') was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, located in European Russia in the Upper Volga ...
.


1918—1935

On 10 March 1918, Krasnokholmsky Uyezd with the center in Krasny Kholm was established. On 28 December 1918
Kimrsky Uyezd Kimrsky District (russian: Ки́мрский райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Kalyazinsky Dis ...
with the center of Kimry was established as well. On 25 April 1921, Vesyegonsky and Krasnokholmsky Uyezds were transferred to newly established Rybinsk Governorate. In 1921, there was some minor land exchange between Tver Governorate and Moscow and Rybinsk Governorates. On 23 February 1923, Rybinsk Governorate was abolished, and the uyezds were transferred back to Tver Governorate. On 30 May 1922, Zubtsovsky, Kalyazinsky, and Korchevskoy Uyezds were abolished and merged into Rzhevsky, Kashinsky, and Kimrsky Uyezds, respectively. On 1 August 1927 Novgorod and Pskov Governorates were abolished, and their uyezds were merged into newly established
Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast ( rus, Ленинградская область, Leningradskaya oblast’, lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, , ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on 1 August 1927, a ...
, with the administrative center in Leningrad, which included the northwestern part of Russian Federation. The oblast was subdidived into 140 districts, which were grouped into nine okrugs. The areas which currently belong to Tver Oblast were grouped into
Velikiye Luki Okrug Veliky, or similar, may refer to: *Veliky (rural locality) (''Velikaya'', ''Velikoye''), name of several rural localities in Russia *Veliky (surname) *Velikaya, a river in Pskov Oblast, Russia *Velikaya (Chukotka), a river in Chukotka, Russia See ...
with the center in
Velikiye Luki Velikiye Luki ( rus, Вели́кие Лу́ки, p=vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪjə ˈlukʲɪ; lit. ''great meanders''. Г. П.  Смолицкая. "Топонимический словарь Центральной России". "Армада-П ...
. The following districts have been established in Velikiye Luki Okrug, Bologovsky, Idritsky, Ilyinsky, Kholmsky, Kunyinsky, Leninsky, Loknyansky, Nasvinsky, Nevelsky, Novosokolnichesky, Oktyabrsky, Ostashkovsky, Penovsky, Porechyevsky, Pustoshkinsky, Rykovsky, Sebezhsky, Sovetsky, Toropetsky, Troitsky, Tsevelsky, Usmynsky, Ust-Dolyssky, Usvyatsky, Velizhsky, and Velikoluksky.
Bologovsky District Bologovsky District (russian: Болого́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast and borders with Borovichsk ...
was established and included into
Borovichi Okrug Borovichi (russian: Боровичи́) is the list of cities and towns in Russia by population, second largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Msta River in the northern spurs of the Va ...
of Leningrad Oblast. On 12 July 1929 Moscow and Smolensk Governorates were abolished as well. Their uyezds formed a number of administrative divisions, and current area of Tver Oblast overlapped with two of them,
Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
and
Western Oblast Western Oblast (russian: Западная область, ''Zapadnaya oblast'') was an ''oblast'' (a first-level administrative and municipal unit) of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1929 to 1937. Its seat was in the city ...
s. Western Oblast had the administrative center in Smolensk. These oblasts were subdivided into okrugs as well. Velikiye Luki Okrug was transferred from Leningrad to Western Oblast; additionally,
Rzhev Okrug Rzhev ( rus, Ржев, p=ˈrʐɛf) is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Staritsa and from Tver, on the highway and railway connecting Moscow and Riga. It is the uppermost town situated on the Volga River. Population: Histor ...
with the center in Rzhev was established in Western Oblast, and most of its area later entered Tver Oblast. The following districts were established in Rzhev Okrug, Belsky, Kamensky, Karmanovsky, Lukovnikovsky, Molodotudsky, Nelidovsky, Oleninsky, Pogorelsky, Rzhevsky, Selizharovsky, Staritsky, Stepurinsky, Sychyovsky, Vysokovsky, Yeltsovsky, and Zubtsovsky. In Moscow Oblast, three of the okrugs were established in the areas which later formed Tver Oblast. They contained the following districts: *
Bezhetsk Okrug Bezhetsk (russian: Бе́жецк) is a town and the administrative center of Bezhetsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Mologa River at its confluence with the Ostrechina. Population: 29,000 (1967). It was previously known as ...
: Bezhetsky, Kashinsky, Kesovsky, Krasnokholmsky, Maksatikhinsky, Mikhaylovsky, Molokovsky, Sandovsky, Sonkovsky, and Vesyegonsky. *
Kimry Okrug Kimry (russian: Ки́мры), formerly Kimra (), is a town in the south of Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River at its confluence with the Kimrka River, to the east of Tver. Population: History The town was known as Kimra until the ...
: Goritsky, Kalyazinsky, Kimrsky, Konstantinovsky, Kuznetsovsky, Leninsky, and Nerlsky. *
Tver Okrug Tver ( rus, Тверь, p=tvʲerʲ) is a city and the administrative centre of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is northwest of Moscow. Population: Tver was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and a model provincial town in the Russian ...
: Likhoslavlsky, Novotorzhsky, Rameshkovsky, Spirovsky, Tolmachyovsky, Turginovsky, Tverskoy, Udomelsky, Vyshnevolotsky, Yemelyanovsky, Yesenovsky, and Zavidovsky. On 23 July 1930, the okrugs were abolished, and the districts became directly subordinate to the oblasts. On 20 November 1931, Tver was renamed Kalinin.


After 1935

On 29 January 1935 Kalinin Oblast was established on the areas which previously belonged to Moscow, Western and Leningrad Oblasts. The city of Kalinin became the administrative center of the oblast. Originally, it contained the following districts: * From Moscow Oblast: Bezhetsky, Kalininsky, Kalyazinsky, Kashinsky, Kesovogorsky, Kimrsky, Konakovsky, Krasnokholmsky, Lesnoy, Maksatikhinsky, Molokovsky, Nerlsky, Novotorzhsky, Rameshkovsky, Sandovsky, Sonkovsky, Spirovsky, Tolmachyovsky, Turginovsky, Udomelsky, Vesyegonsky, Vyshnevolotsky, Yasenovichsky, Yemelyanovsky, and Zavidovsky. * From Western Oblast: Kamensky, Kholmsky, Leninsky, Loknyansky, Lukovnikovsky, Nevelsky, Nelidovsky, Novosokolnichesky, Oktyabrsky, Oleninsky, Ostashkovsky, Penovsky, Pustoshkinsky, Rzhevsky, Sebezhsky, Selizharovsky, Staritsky, Toropetsky, Velikoluksky, and Zubtsovsky. * From Leningrad Oblast: Bezhanitsky, Bologovsky, Novorzhevsky, Opochetsky, and Pushkinsky. Between 9 July 1937 and 7 February 1939,
Karelian National Okrug Karelian National Okrug (russian: Карельский национальный о́круг, ''Karelsky Natsionalny okrug''), was a territory with special status within Kalinin Oblast, Soviet Union. It existed between 1937 and 1939 and was inte ...
existed as a territory with special status within Kalinin Oblast. It was intended to be a
Tver Karelians Tver Karelians are a people who inhabit regions of Tver, Saint Petersburg, and Moscow. Their dialect is remarkable in that it does not borrow from other Balto-Finnic languages due to centuries of geographical isolation. Although the number of Tve ...
autonomy. The okrug consisted of Kozlovsky, Likhoslavlsky, Maksatikhinsky, Novokarelsky, and Rameshkovsky Districts. Its administrative center was located in the town of
Likhoslavl Likhoslavl (russian: Лихосла́вль) is a town and the administrative center of Likhoslavlsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Moscow–St. Petersburg Railway, northwest of Tver, the administrative center of the obl ...
. On March 5, 1935,
Velikiye Luki Okrug Veliky, or similar, may refer to: *Veliky (rural locality) (''Velikaya'', ''Velikoye''), name of several rural localities in Russia *Veliky (surname) *Velikaya, a river in Pskov Oblast, Russia *Velikaya (Chukotka), a river in Chukotka, Russia See ...
, one of the okrugs abutting the boundaries of the Soviet Union, was established. It consisted of Bezhanitsky, Loknyansky, Nevelsky, Novorzhevsky, Novosokolnichesky, Opochetsky, Pustoshkinsky, Pushkinsky, Sebezhsky, and Velikoluksky Districts. On May 11, 1937, the okrug was split into Velikiye Luki and
Opochka Okrug Opochka (russian: Опо́чка) is a town and the administrative center of Opochetsky District in Pskov Oblast, Russia, located on the Velikaya River, south of Pskov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: ; 9,902 (2019 estima ...
s. On 4 May 1938 Velikoluksky Okrug was abolished, and on 5 February 1941 Opochetsky Okrug was abolished as well. The districts were directly subordinated by the oblast. During World War II, between 1941 and 1944, the western part of the oblas were occupied by
German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...
troops. On 22 August 1944,
Velikiye Luki Oblast Velikiye Luki Oblast (russian: link=no, Великолукская область, ''Velikolukskaya oblast'') was an ''oblast'' (a first-level administrative and municipal unit) of the Russian SFSR from 1944 to 1957. Its seat was in the city of ...
was established, and on 23 August 1944,
Pskov Oblast Pskov Oblast (russian: Пско́вская о́бласть, ') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the west of the country. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, ...
was established, to administrate areas of Soviet Union previously occupied by German troops and liberated in the course of
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
. A number of districts were transferred from Tver Oblast to these two oblasts, * Ashevsky, Novorzhevsky, and Pushkinsky Districts were transferred to Pskov Oblast; * Bezhanitsky, Idritsky, Krasnogorodsky, Kudeversky, Kunyinsky, Leninsky, Loknyansky, Nevelsky, Nelidovsky, Novosokolnichesky, Oktyabrsky, Opochetsky, Penovsky, Ploskoshsky, Pustoshkinsky, Sebezhsky, Seryozhnisky, Toropetsky, and Velikoluksky Districts were transferred to Velikiye Luki Oblast. * Kholmsky District was initially transferred to
Novgorod Oblast Novgorod Oblast (russian: Новгоро́дская о́бласть, ''Novgorodskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Veliky Novgorod. Some of the oldest Russian cities, including ...
, but on 22 August 1944 it was transferred to Velikiye Luki Oblast. On 2 October 1957 Velikiye Luki Oblast was abolished. Its area was split between Kalinin and Pskov Oblasts. Belsky, Ilyinsky, Leninsky, Nelidovsky, Oktyabrsky, Penovsky, Seryozhinsky, Toropetsky, and Zharkovsky Districts were transferred to Kalinin Oblast, and all other districts were merged into Pskov Oblast. On 29 July 1958 Ploskoshsky District was transferred from Pskov to Kalinin Oblast, which finally set the current borders of Tver Oblast. In the middle of the 1960s the oblast went through the abortive Khrushchyov administrative reform, when districts were first divided into large-scale agricultural and industrial districts, and several years later these were abolished, and the oblast got a district structure slightly different from that before the reform. In 1990, Kalinin Oblast was renamed Tver Oblast.


Abolished districts

After 1927 (with the exception of the aborted reform of 1963-1965) borders between the districts sometimes were modified, and as a result some of the districts were abolished. This list includes the districts which existed in the current area of Tver Oblast. *
Bologovsky District Bologovsky District (russian: Болого́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast and borders with Borovichsk ...
(the administrative center in the selo of Bologovo), Leningrad Oblast, Western Oblast, established in 1927, abolished in 1930, split between Leninsky and Kholmsky Districts; * Brusovsky District (the settlement of
Brusovo Brusovo (russian: Брусово) is the name of several rural localities in Russia: * Brusovo, Irkutsk Oblast, a settlement in Tayshetsky District of Irkutsk Oblast *Brusovo, Tver Oblast, a settlement in Brusovskoye Rural Settlement of Udomelsky ...
), Kalinin Oblast, established in 1936, abolished in 1960, split between Maksatikhinsky and Udomelsky Districts; * Goritsky District (the selo of
Goritsy Goritsy (russian: Горицы) is the name of several rural localities in Russia: * Goritsy, Pogarsky District, Bryansk Oblast, a village in Chausovsky Selsoviet of Pogarsky District of Bryansk Oblast * Goritsy, Vygonichsky District, Bryansk Obla ...
), Moscow Oblast, Kalinin Oblast, established in 1929, abolished in 1963, merged into Rameshkovsky District; * Ilyinsky District (the selo of
Ilyino Ilyino may refer to: * Ilyino, Bryansk Oblast, a village in Bryansk Oblast, Russia * Ilyino, Kalininsky District, Tver Oblast, name of two villages in Kablukovskoye Rural Settlement of Kalininsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia * Ilyino, Kimrsky Di ...
), Leningrad Oblast, Western Oblast, Kalinin Oblast, Velikiye Luki Oblast, Kalinin Oblast, established in 1927, abolished in 1960, merged into Oktyabrsky District; *
Kozlovsky District Kozlovsky District (russian: Козло́вский райо́н; cv, Куславкка районӗ, ''Kuslavkka rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district ( raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russ ...
(the selo of
Kozlovo Kozlovo (russian: Козлово) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Modern localities Astrakhan Oblast As of 2010, one rural locality in Astrakhan Oblast bears this name: * Kozlovo, Astrakhan Oblast, a '' selo'' in Kozlovsky ...
), Kalinin Oblast, established in 1937, abolished in 1956, split between Maksatikhinsky and Spirovsky Districts; * Kushalinsky District (the selo of Kushalino), Kalinin Oblast, established in 1935, abolished in 1956, split between Kalininsky, Goritsky, and Rameshkovsky Districts; * Leninsky District (the selo of Khotilitsy, since 1928 in
Andreapol Andreapol (russian: Андреа́поль) is a town and the administrative center of Andreapolsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Valdai Hills on the left bank in the upper course of the Western Dvina. Population: 12,000 (19 ...
), Leningrad Oblast, Western Oblast, Kalinin Oblast, Velikiye Luki Oblast, Kalinin Oblast, established in 1927, abolished in 1963, merged into Toropetsky District; * Lukovnikovsky District (the selo of Lukovnikovo), Moscow Oblast, Kalinin Oblast, established in 1929, abolished in 1960, split between Kirovsky, Novotorzhsky, Rzhevsky, and Staritsky Districts; * Mednovsky District (the selo of Mednoye), Kalinin Oblast, established in 1935, abolished in 1956, split between Kalininsky and Novotorzhsky Districts; * Molodotudsky District (the selo of
Molodoy Tud Ivan Ivanovich (also known as, Ivan the Young, Ioann Ioannovich and Ivan Molodoy) (''Иван Иванович'', ''Иоанн Иоаннович'', ''Иван Молодой'' in Russian) (15 February 1458 – 6 March 1490), was the eldest son an ...
), Moscow Oblast, established in 1929, abolished in 1932; re-established in 1935 as Chertolinsky District (the administrative center in the selo of Chertolino), Kalinin Oblast; in 1936 the district center moved to Molodoy Tud, and the district renamed Molodotudsky; abolished in 1958, split between Kirovsky, Oleninsky, and Rzhevsky Districts; * Nerlsky District (the selo of Nerl), Moscow Oblast, Kalinin Oblast, established in 1929, abolished in 1956, merged into Kalyazinsky District; * Oktyabrsky District (the selo of Staraya Toropa, later the settlement of Zapadnaya Dvina), Leningrad Oblast, Western Oblast, Kalinin Oblast, Velikiye Luki Oblast, Kalinin Oblast, established in 1927, abolished in 1963, merged with Nelidovsky District into Zapadnodvinsky District. * Orshinsky District (the selo of Rozhdestveno), Kalinin Oblast, established in 1937, abolished in 1959, split between Konakovsky, Kalininsky, and Goritsky Districts; * Ovinishchensky District (the selo of Kesma), Kalinin Oblast, established in 1935, abolished in 1956, split between Krasnokholmsky and Vesyegonsky Districts; * Ploskoshsky District (the selo of Ploskosh), Kalinin Oblast, Velikiye Luki Oblast, Pskov Oblast, Kalinin Oblast, established in 1936, abolished in 1960, merged into Toropetsky District; * Pogorelsky District (the selo of Pogoreloye Gorodishche), Moscow Oblast, Kalinin Oblast, established in 1929, abolished in 1934, re-established in 1935, abolished in 1960, merged into Zubtsovsky District; * Rozhdestvensky District (the selo of Rozhdestvo), Leningrad Oblast, established in 1927, abolished in 1931, merged into Bologovsky District; * Seryozhinsky District (the selo of Bologovo), Kalinin Oblast, Velikiye Luki Oblast, Kalinin Oblast, established in 1936, abolished in 1957, split between Leninsky and Toropetsky Districts; * Tebleshsky District (the selo of Kiverichi), Kalinin Oblast, established in 1935, abolished in 1956, split between Bezhetsky and Goritsky Districts; * Tolmachyovsky District (the selo of Tolmachi), Moscow Oblast, Kalinin Oblast, established in 1929, renamed Novokarelsky in 1935, abolished in 1956, split between Likhoslavlsky and Spirovsky Districts; * Turginovsky District (the selo of Turginovo), Moscow Oblast, Kalinin Oblast, established in 1929, abolished in 1963, merged into Kalininsky District; *
Uglovsky District Uglovsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. Districts of the federal subjects * Uglovsky District, Altai Krai, an administrative and municipal district of Altai Krai Historical districts *Uglovsky D ...
(the railway station of Uglovka), Leningrad Oblast, established in 1927, abolished in 1932, split between Bologovsky, Borovichsky, and
Okulovsky District Okulovsky District (russian: Оку́ловский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #559-OZ and municipalLaw #355-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders wi ...
s; * Vysokovsky District (the settlement of Vysokoye), Moscow Oblast, Kalinin Oblast, established in 1929, abolished in 1930, re-established in 1936, abolished in 1963, merged into Staritsky District; * Yemelyanovsky District (the selo of Yesenovichi), Moscow Oblast, Kalinin Oblast, established in 1929, abolished in 1958, split between Vyshnevolotsky, Novotorzhsky, Kamensky, and Firovsky Districts; * Yesenovichsky District (the selo of Yemelyanovo), Moscow Oblast, Kalinin Oblast, established in 1929, abolished in 1956, split between Kalininsky, Staritsky, Turginovky, and Vysokovsky Districts; * Zavidovsky District (the urban-type settlement of Novozavidovsky), Moscow Oblast, Kalinin Oblast, established in 1929, abolished in 1960, merged into Konakovsky District.


Renamed districts

Several of the districts were renamed: Tverskoy into Kalininsky, Kuznetsovsky into Konakovsky, Kamensky into Kuvshinovsky, Kirovsky into Selizharovsky; Novotorzhsky into Torzhoksky. Kamensky and Kirovsky Districts were not renamed directly but rather abolished and later re-established under a different name.


References

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Tver Oblast Tver Oblast (russian: Тверска́я о́бласть, ''Tverskaya oblast'', ), from 1935 to 1990 known as Kalinin Oblast (), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tver. It was named after Mikhai ...