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Torzhok

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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:

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Russian inhabited locality.en_name
Torzhok
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
Торжок
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Борисоглебский монастырь в Торжке.jpg
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View of
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right
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Russia Tver Oblast#European Russia#Russia#Europe
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Coat of Arms of Torzhok (Tver oblast).png
Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
Flag of Torzhok (Tver oblast).png
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Tver Oblast
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Torzhok Okrug
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Torzhoksky District
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Torzhok Okrug
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Town
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_type
Town of oblast significance
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Torzhok Urban Okrug
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Torzhok Urban Okrug
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Torzhoksky Municipal District
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Mayor

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Wikidata facts

Population
41116
Area
59
Elevation
165
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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native label
Торжок
Commons category
Torzhok
postal code
172000–172011
time of earliest written record
0988-00-00
inception
0900-00-00
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14 sections
Contents
  • 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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