Tver

(tvĕr)

A city of west-central Russia on the Volga River northwest of Moscow. Settled around a fort established in the 1100s, it was a powerful principality in the 1200s and 1300s and is today an industrial center and a major port. Tver was named Kalinin from 1931 to 1990 in honor of M.I. Kalinin.

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Tver

(Russian tvjerj)

(Placename) a city in central Russia, at the confluence of the Volga and Tversta Rivers: chief port of the upper Volga, linked by canal with Moscow. Pop: 402 000 (2005 est). Former name (1932–91): Kalinin

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Tver

(tvɛər)

n.

a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga. 447,000. Formerly (1934–90), Kalinin .

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My husband is away in Tver or I would send him to fetch you.

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I made his acquaintance in Tver when I was there on official business, and he came there for the levy of recruits.

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"Yes, but he died at Elizabethgrad, not at Tver," said the prince, rather timidly.

"No, Tver," insisted the general; "he removed just before his death.

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