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Tver
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synonyms: Kalinin, Тверь ???
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Definition:Located 180 kilometres (110 mi) northwest of Moscow, [this city] was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and a model provincial town in the Russian Empire, with a population of 60,000 on January 14, 1913. It is situated at the confluence of the Volga and Tvertsa Rivers. The city was known as Kalinin (Кали́нин) from 1931 to 1990.text from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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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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LIZOTCHKA KUDRINSKY, a young married lady who had many admirers, was suddenly taken ill, and so seriously that her husband did not go to his office, and a telegram was sent to her mamma at Tver.
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