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Founded: 1935 (called Kalinin region until 1990)
Governor: Dmitry Vadimovich Zelenin (elected December, 2003)
Federation Council Representative: Viktor Semenovich Abramov (executive, term expires December 2008); Vladimir Anatolevich Petrov (legislative, term expires December 2005)
Duma deputies: Vladimir Abdulevich Vasilyev (Tversky district) (United Russia); Alexander Alexandrovich Tyagunov (Bezhetsky district)(United Russia)
Population: 1,472,600 (2002 census)
Capital: Tver (population 409,400), 169 km from Moscow
Federal district: Central
Economic region: Central
Time zone: Moscow, BMT +3, EST +8
Geography: Tver region is located in the central part of European Russia. It borders on the Smolensk, Novgorod, Volgograd and Moscow regions. The main rivers of the region are the Volga, Mologa, and Tvertsa.
Urban population: 73%, Rural population: 27%
Ethnic make-up:
Economy: Tver Region has the largest explored peat reserves in European Russia, a nd well-developed facilities for peat production and processing. There are also reserves of limestone, brick clay, quartz sand, crushed stone, and gravel, as well as production of brown coal, glassmaking sand, dolomite, and mineral pigments. The region also has many mineral springs and a resort has been built around the well known Kashinka mineral waters. There are other springs near Torzhok and Konakovo.
Official website: http://www.region.tver.ru
Contact Information
Governor
Dmitry Vadimovich Zelenin
44 Ulitsa Sovetskaya
Tver 170000
Tel.: +7 (482) 335 37 77; 232 10 51
Fax: +7 (482) 242 55 08
Email: tradm@tversu.ru
Chairman of Legislative Assembly
Mark Zhanovich Khasainov
Tel.: +7 (482) 232 10 11; 248 10 15
Email: zstver@dionis.duma.gov.ru; zsto@tdn.ru
last updated December 1, 2005
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