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Torzhok
Sign in to saveTorzhok () 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 goldwork embroidery. Population:
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Torzhok
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Торжок
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Борисоглебский монастырь в Торжке.jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- View of
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map
- Russia Tver Oblast#European Russia#Russia#Europe
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Torzhok (Tver oblast).png
- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
- Flag of Torzhok (Tver oblast).png
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Tver Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_city_jur
- Torzhok Okrug
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
- Torzhoksky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2
- Torzhok Okrug
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_type
- Town of oblast significance
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur
- Torzhok Urban Okrug
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
- Torzhok Urban Okrug
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2
- Torzhoksky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.leader_title
- Mayor
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- administrative divisions of Russia
- Country
- Grand Principality of Moscow
- Located in
- Rurik's state
- Population
- 41116
- Area
- 59
- Elevation
- 165
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Body of water
- Tvertsa
- Official website
- www.torzhok-adm.ru
- Image
- Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii, Cathedral of the Transfigured Saviour and the Church of the Entry into Jerusalem, Torzhok, Russian Empire, 1910.jpg
- Dialing code
- 48251
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- twinned administrative body
- Valday
- native label
- Торжок
- Commons category
- Torzhok
- postal code
- 172000–172011
- category for people born here
- Q8075708
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Torzhok
- topic's main category
- Category:Torzhok
- time of earliest written record
- 0988-00-00
- inception
- 0900-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Administrative and municipal status
- Economy
- Transportation
- Architecture
- UNESCO World Heritage Site Nomination proposal
- Military
- Notable people
- Twin towns – sister cities
- References
- Notes
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Torzhok () 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 goldwork embroidery. Population:
==History== thumb|General view of the town in the 1910s thumb|Aerial view of Torzhok
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