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Kashin is a town
Types of settlements in Russia

The classification system of the types of Human settlement in Russia, the former Soviet Union, and some other post-Soviet states has certain peculiarities compared to the classification systems in other countries....
 in Tver Oblast
Tver Oblast

Tver Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Tver.Area: 84,586 km?. Population is estimated at 1,440,002 in 2004, down from about 1,670,000 in 1989....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, located around a rural agricultural area on the Kashinka River
Kashinka River

Kashinka is a river in Tver Oblast, Russia, a left tributary of the Volga River . The town of Kashin is located along the Kashinka. The Kashinka River is one of the most popular swimming and fishing locations in Kashin during the summer....
 (Volga
Volga River

The Volga is the largest river in Europe in terms of length, Discharge , and Drainage basin. It flows through the western part of Russia, and is widely viewed as the national river of Russia....
's tributary
Tributary

A tributary is a stream or river which flows into a Mainstem river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea. Tributaries and the mainstem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or some other large body of water....
) 204 km away from Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
 and 25 km away from Kalyazin
Kalyazin

Kalyazin is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Volga River, 25 km southeast of Kashin, 110km north of Sergiev Posad and 55 km southwest of Uglich ....
. Kashin is located close to the borders of Tver
Tver Oblast

Tver Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Tver.Area: 84,586 km?. Population is estimated at 1,440,002 in 2004, down from about 1,670,000 in 1989....
, Moscow
Moscow Oblast

Moscow Oblast , or Podmoskovye is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It is the list of subdivisions of Russia by population Russian federal subject after the city of Moscow....
, and Yaroslavl Oblast
Yaroslavl Oblast

Yaroslavl Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , which is located in the Central Federal District, surrounded by Tver Oblast, Moscow Oblast, Ivanovo Oblast, Vladimir Oblast, Kostroma Oblast, and Vologda Oblasts....
s. Population: 17,299 (2002 Census
Russian Census (2002)

Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Goskomstat ....
); 21,186 (1989 Census
Soviet Census (1989)

The 1989 Soviet Census was the final and most comprehensive Soviet Census taken within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics....
); 18,000 (1970). The telephone code for Kashin is 08234.

town of Kashin was first mentioned in a chronicle
Chronicle

Generally a chronicle is a historical account of facts and events ranged in chronology order. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and local events, the purpose being the recording of events that occurred, seen from the perspective of the chronicler....
 under the year of 1238, when it was sacked by the Mongols.






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Kashin is a town
Types of settlements in Russia

The classification system of the types of Human settlement in Russia, the former Soviet Union, and some other post-Soviet states has certain peculiarities compared to the classification systems in other countries....
 in Tver Oblast
Tver Oblast

Tver Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Tver.Area: 84,586 km?. Population is estimated at 1,440,002 in 2004, down from about 1,670,000 in 1989....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, located around a rural agricultural area on the Kashinka River
Kashinka River

Kashinka is a river in Tver Oblast, Russia, a left tributary of the Volga River . The town of Kashin is located along the Kashinka. The Kashinka River is one of the most popular swimming and fishing locations in Kashin during the summer....
 (Volga
Volga River

The Volga is the largest river in Europe in terms of length, Discharge , and Drainage basin. It flows through the western part of Russia, and is widely viewed as the national river of Russia....
's tributary
Tributary

A tributary is a stream or river which flows into a Mainstem river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea. Tributaries and the mainstem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or some other large body of water....
) 204 km away from Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
 and 25 km away from Kalyazin
Kalyazin

Kalyazin is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Volga River, 25 km southeast of Kashin, 110km north of Sergiev Posad and 55 km southwest of Uglich ....
. Kashin is located close to the borders of Tver
Tver Oblast

Tver Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Tver.Area: 84,586 km?. Population is estimated at 1,440,002 in 2004, down from about 1,670,000 in 1989....
, Moscow
Moscow Oblast

Moscow Oblast , or Podmoskovye is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It is the list of subdivisions of Russia by population Russian federal subject after the city of Moscow....
, and Yaroslavl Oblast
Yaroslavl Oblast

Yaroslavl Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , which is located in the Central Federal District, surrounded by Tver Oblast, Moscow Oblast, Ivanovo Oblast, Vladimir Oblast, Kostroma Oblast, and Vologda Oblasts....
s. Population: 17,299 (2002 Census
Russian Census (2002)

Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Goskomstat ....
); 21,186 (1989 Census
Soviet Census (1989)

The 1989 Soviet Census was the final and most comprehensive Soviet Census taken within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics....
); 18,000 (1970). The telephone code for Kashin is 08234.

History

Kashin
The town of Kashin was first mentioned in a chronicle
Chronicle

Generally a chronicle is a historical account of facts and events ranged in chronology order. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and local events, the purpose being the recording of events that occurred, seen from the perspective of the chronicler....
 under the year of 1238, when it was sacked by the Mongols. It was given by Grand Duke Mikhail Yaroslavich
Mikhail Yaroslavich

Mikhail Yaroslavich , also known as Michael of Tver, was a Prince of Tver who ruled as Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1304 until 1314 and again from 1315-1318....
 as an appanage to his son Vasily, who founded a short-lived dynasty of local princes. Mikhail Yaroslavich's wife Anna
Anna of Kashin

Saint Anna of Kashin was a Russian princess from the Rurik Dynasty, who was Canonization in 1650....
 took the veil in Kashin's nunnery and died there on October 2, 1368 and was glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church

The Russian Orthodox Church ; or The Moscow Patriarchate , also known as the Orthodox Christian Church of Russia, is a body of Christianity who constitute an Autocephaly Eastern Orthodox Church under the jurisdiction of the List of Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Moscow, in full communion with the other Eastern Orthodox Churches....
 in 1650 as a holy patroness of all women who suffer the loss of relatives. Her miracle-working relics are preserved in the Ascension Cathedral of Kashin.

In 1382, Kashin was annexed by the Principality of Tver
Tver

Tver is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, the administrative center of Tver Oblast. Population: 405,500 ; 408,903 . Tver was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and a model provincial town in Imperial Russia with population of 60,000 on...
. From 1399 to 1426, it was held by a second dynasty of Kashin princes, which claimed their seniority in the house of Tver. In 1452, Kashin withstood a siege by Dmitry Shemyaka
Dmitry Shemyaka

Dmitriy Yurievich Shemyaka was the second son of Yury of Zvenigorod by Anastasia of Smolensk and grandson of Dmitri Donskoi. His hereditary patrimony was the rich Northern town Galich-Mersky....
. It finally passed to Muscovy in 1486 with the rest of Tver Principality.

In 1708, the town was assigned to Ingermanland Governorate
Saint Petersburg Governorate

Saint Petersburg Governorate or Government of Saint Petersburg was a governorate of the Russian Empire.Together with seven other governorates, it was established by Tsar Peter I of Russia's edict as Ingermanland Governorate on December 29 , 1708 out of territories conquered from the Swedish Empire in the Great Northern...
. There are several architectural monuments in Kashin, including monasteries, churches, and cathedrals. The most ancient of these, a wooden chapel from 1646, was burnt to the ground in 1998. The town is also known as a balneological resort.

Government

Kashin is the administrative center of Kashinsky District of Tver Oblast. The current mayor of Kashin is Anatoly Sokolov.

Economy

During the present day, Kashin remains an economically important location in the Tver Oblast
Tver Oblast

Tver Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Tver.Area: 84,586 km?. Population is estimated at 1,440,002 in 2004, down from about 1,670,000 in 1989....
. For example, Kashin is home to Veresk
Veresk

Veresk is a major alcoholic drink producing company. It is located in Kashin, Russia in the Tver Oblast. Veresk is one of the largest alcohol producers in the Moscow Oblast and the Tver Oblast....
, one of the largest alcoholic drink producing companies in the region. Another major business is the mineral water
Mineral water

Mineral water is water containing minerals or other dissolved substances that alter its taste or give it therapeutic value. Salts, sulfur compounds, and gases are among the substances that can be dissolved in the water....
 company ERA which produces the Kashinskaya brand of mineral water.

There are also an electric equipment company, a wool factory, and a milk and meat-processing company. There is a resort area near Kashin where many residents of the oblast spend their vacation near the Kashinka River
Kashinka River

Kashinka is a river in Tver Oblast, Russia, a left tributary of the Volga River . The town of Kashin is located along the Kashinka. The Kashinka River is one of the most popular swimming and fishing locations in Kashin during the summer....
.

Kashinsky District is a primarily an agrarian region where seed
Seed

A seed is a small Plant embryogenesis plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some Food storage. It is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants which occurs after fertilization and some growth within the mother plant....
 and potato
Potato

The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial plant Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family. The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well....
es is grown. Also, cows and poultry
Poultry

Poultry is the category of domesticated birds which some people keep for the purpose of collecting their egg , or kill for their meat and/or feathers....
 are raised around Kashin.

Dining

Kashin is home to numerous bars and restaurants. One of the most expensive restaurants in Kashin is called Stary Kashin (Old Kashin), and is frequently used to host major events such as weddings and birthday parties. Other dining locations in Kashin include the Baltika
Baltika Brewery

Baltika Brewery is the largest brewery in Eastern Europe and the second-largest brewery in Europe . It is based in Saint Petersburg, Russia....
 beer cafe, restaurant U Lyovy, a tea house
Tea house

A tea house or tearoom is a venue centered on drinking tea. Their function varies widely depending on the culture, and some cultures have a variety of distinct tea-centered houses or parlors that all qualify under the English language term "tea house" or "tea room."...
 U Kseni, and the town dinery.

Entertainment

Kashin is home to numerous places of entertainment. During the day, the most popular entertainment locations are the pool house, internet cafe
Internet cafe

An internet caf? or cybercaf? is a place where one can use a computer with Internet access, most for a fee, usually per hour or minute; sometimes one can have unmetered access with a pass for a day or month, etc....
s, and computer clubs. One of the computer clubs is located in the former church, Uspensky Sobor, which is now a recreation center. During the nighttime, the recreation center occasionally hosts a nightclub. On holidays and special dates, the town hosts large festivals which involve dancing, food
Food

Food is any substance, usually composed of carbohydrates, fats, proteins and water, that can be Eating or Drinking by an animal or human for nutrition or pleasure....
, and various performances.

Bazaar

Several times a week, a Bazaar
Bazaar

File:Railway Road by Ajaz Anwar.jpgA bazaar , , is a permanent merchandising area, marketplace, or street of shops where goods and services are exchanged or sold....
 takes place in the main square of the town. In it, residents of the town can sell various items, sometimes rare antiques
Antiques

An antique is an old collectible item. It is collected or desirable because of its age, rarity, condition, utility, or other unique features. It is an object that represents a previous era in human society....
. Also, fruit
Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
 and vegetable
Vegetable

The term "vegetable" generally means the Eating parts of plants. The definition of the word is traditional rather than scientific, however, and therefore the usage of the word is somewhat arbitrary and subjective, as it is determined by individual cultural customs of food selection and food preparation....
s from nearby rural farms are sold.

Culture

The Museum of Local Lore is located in Kashin. Also, in the village
Types of settlements in Russia

The classification system of the types of Human settlement in Russia, the former Soviet Union, and some other post-Soviet states has certain peculiarities compared to the classification systems in other countries....
 of Verkhnyaya Troitsa, situated 30 km from Kashin, the house of Mikhail Kalinin
Mikhail Kalinin

Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin was a Bolshevik revolutionary and the titular head of state of the Soviet Union from 1919 to 1946. Though only four years older than Joseph Stalin, Kalinin was celebrated as Dedushka by the Young Pioneers....
 is located.

Climate

The mean temperature in Kashin is −11° in January and +18° in July.

Transportation

There are low-price buses traveling around the town and nearby region throughout the day. For longer range transport, there are shuttle buses traveling to nearby cities: Tver
Tver

Tver is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, the administrative center of Tver Oblast. Population: 405,500 ; 408,903 . Tver was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and a model provincial town in Imperial Russia with population of 60,000 on...
, Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
, and Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, located north-east of Moscow....
. Also, there is a train traveling twice a day throughout Kashin. The morning train travels from Sonkovo
Sonkovo

Sonkovo is an urban-type settlement and a railway station in Sonkovsky District of Tver Oblast. Population: 4,577 ; 5,988 .The village was originally founded by the Russian Greek Orthodox Inkerik?t in 1600?s called Savelionkyl? or Savelankyl? later Russificated to Savelino due to its proximity to the village of Savelikha or Karelia...
 to Savyolovo
Savyolovo

Savyolovo is a microdistrict of the town of Kimry in Tver Oblast, Russia. It lies on the right bank of the Volga River and is connected to the left-bank part of Kimry by a 554 m long bridge over the Volga ....
, while the afternoon train travels in the opposite direction. The passengers can easily travel from Savyolovo to Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
 via the elektrichka
Elektrichka

Elektrichka is an informal word for elektropoyezd , a Soviet Union or post-Soviet regional electrical multiple unit passenger train. Elektrichkas are widespread in Russia, Ukraine and some other countries of the former Soviet Union....
 train. Several times a week, a train from Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea....
 passes the station.

See also

  • Kimry
    Kimry

    Kimry is a town in the south of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Volga River, at its confluence with the Kimrka River, 133 km east of Tver....
  • Kashin class destroyer
    Kashin class destroyer

    The Kashin class destroyers were a group of guided missile destroyers built for the Soviet Navy in the 1960s and early 1970s. Their Soviet Designation was Project 61....


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