Selizharovo
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Selizharovo is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement
) and the administrative center of Selizharovsky District
of Tver Oblast
, Russia
situated at the confluence
of the Selizharovka
and the Volga River
s. Population:
It was first mentioned in chronicles in 1504.
At Selizharovo, there is a 350-meter-tall guyed TV mast, built in 1971.
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
) and the administrative center of Selizharovsky District
Selizharovsky District
Selizharovsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 36 in Tver Oblast, Russia....
of Tver Oblast
Tver Oblast
Tver Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Tver. From 1935 to 1990, it was named Kalinin Oblast after Mikhail Kalinin. Population: Tver Oblast is an area of lakes, such as Seliger and Brosno...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
situated at the confluence
Confluence
Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water.Confluence may also refer to:* Confluence , a property of term rewriting systems...
of the Selizharovka
Selizharovka River
Selizharovka is a river in Tver Oblast, Russia, a left tributary of the Volga River. It is one of the uppermost substantial tributaries of the Volga. A settlement of Selizharovo is located at its mouth....
and the Volga River
Volga River
The Volga is the largest river in Europe in terms of length, discharge, and watershed. It flows through central Russia, and is widely viewed as the national river of Russia. Out of the twenty largest cities of Russia, eleven, including the capital Moscow, are situated in the Volga's drainage...
s. Population:
It was first mentioned in chronicles in 1504.
At Selizharovo, there is a 350-meter-tall guyed TV mast, built in 1971.