Tver Oblast

Tver Oblast (, Tverskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast). Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Tver. Frae 1935 tae 1990, it wis namit Kalinin Oblast () efter Mikhail Kalinin. Population: 1,353,392 (2010 Census).

Tver Oblast is an aurie o lakes, such as Seliger an Brosno. Hintle o its aurie is occupeed bi the Valdai Hills, whaur the Volga, the Wastren Dvina, an the Dnieper hae thair soorce.

Tver Oblast is ane o the tourist regions o Roushie wi modrenized tourist infrastructur. Thare are an aw mony historic touns: Torzhok, Toropets, Zubtsov, Kashin, Vyshny Volochyok, an Kalyazin. The auldest o these is Rzhev, primarily kent for the Battles o Rzhev o the Warld War II. Staritsa wis a seat o the last appanage principality in Roushie. Ostashkov is a major tourist center.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Economy
Tver Oblast haes a vera strang economy due tae its machinery industry in the automobile an aeronautics sectors.

Tver Karelies
A branch o Karelies, kent as Tver Karelies uised tae live in the oblast. Thay numbered 140,567 in 1926. Due tae the hivy casualties suffered durin the Warld War II, thay vanished as a separate ethnic group frae maist pairts o the oblast. The Tver Karelians numbered 14,633 accordin tae the 2002 Census.Демоскоп Weekly — Приложение.

Demographics
Population: 

Ethnic composition (2010):
Roushies - 93.4%
Ukrainians - 1.2%
Armenies - 0.7%
Karelies - 0.6%
Tatars - 0.5%
Belaroushies - 0.4%
Azeris - 0.4%
Romani fowk - 0.4%
Uzbeks - 0.3%
Ithers - 2.1%
99,260 fowk wur registered frae admeenistrative databases, an coud no declare an ethnicity. It is estimatit that the proportion o ethnicities in this group is the same as that o the declared group.

References

Freemit airtins

 Offeecial wabsteid o Tver Oblast 


Category:States an territories established in 1935