Ostashkov, the Glossary
Ostashkov (Оста́шков) is a town and the administrative center of Ostashkovsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, on a peninsula at the southern shore of Lake Seliger, west of Tver, the administrative center of the oblast.[1]
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- Cities and towns in Tver Oblast
- Ostashkovsky Uyezd
Administrative centre
An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located.
See Ostashkov and Administrative centre
Algirdas
Algirdas (Alhierd; Olherd, Olgerd, Olgierd; – May 1377) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1345 to 1377.
Andreapol
Andreapol (Андреа́поль) is a town and the administrative center of Andreapolsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Valdai Hills on the left bank in the upper course of the Western Dvina. Ostashkov and Andreapol are cities and towns in Tver Oblast.
Bely Gorodok
Bely Gorodok (Бе́лый Городо́к) is an urban-type settlement in Kimrsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia.
See Ostashkov and Bely Gorodok
Bologoye
Bologoye (Бологое) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
Classification of inhabited localities in Russia
The classification system of inhabited localities in Russia and some other post-Soviet states has certain peculiarities compared with those in other countries.
See Ostashkov and Classification of inhabited localities in Russia
Demyansk
Demyansk (Демя́нск) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Demyansky District of Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located along the Yavon River.
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople (translit) is the archbishop of Constantinople and primus inter pares (first among equals) among the heads of the several autocephalous churches that compose the Eastern Orthodox Church.
See Ostashkov and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe.
Execution by shooting
Execution by shooting is a method of capital punishment in which a person is shot to death by one or more firearms.
See Ostashkov and Execution by shooting
Ivan Starov
Ivan Yegorovich Starov (Ива́н Его́рович Старо́в; 23 February 1745 – 17 April 1808) was a Russian architect from St. Petersburg who devised the master plans for Yaroslavl, Voronezh, Pskov, Dnipro, Mykolaiv, and many other towns in Russia and Ukraine.
Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery
Joseph Volokolamsk Monastery (Иосифо-Волоколамский монастырь, Волоцкий Успенский Иосифов монастырь in Russian) is a monastery for men, located 17 km northeast of Volokolamsk, Moscow Oblast.
See Ostashkov and Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery
Karelia
Karelia (Karelian and Karjala; Kareliya, historically Коре́ла, Korela; Karelen) is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Russia (including the Soviet era), Finland, and Sweden.
Katyn massacre
The Katyn massacre was a series of mass executions of nearly 22,000 defenceless Polish military and police officers, border guards, and intelligentsia prisoners of war carried out by the Soviet Union, specifically the NKVD (the Soviet secret police), at Stalin's order in April and May 1940.
See Ostashkov and Katyn massacre
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country mostly in Central Asia, with a part in Eastern Europe.
Kozelsk
Kozelsk (Козе́льск) is a town and the administrative center of Kozelsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Zhizdra River (a tributary of the Oka), southwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast.
Kuvshinovo, Kuvshinovsky District, Tver Oblast
Kuvshinovo (Кувши́ново) is a town and the administrative center of Kuvshinovsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Osuga, from Tver, the administrative center of the oblast. Ostashkov and Kuvshinovo, Kuvshinovsky District, Tver Oblast are cities and towns in Tver Oblast.
See Ostashkov and Kuvshinovo, Kuvshinovsky District, Tver Oblast
Lake Seliger
Seliger (p) is a lake in Ostashkovsky District of Tver Oblast and, in the extreme northern part, in Demyansky District of Novgorod Oblast of Russia, in the northwest of the Valdai Hills, a part of the Volga basin.
See Ostashkov and Lake Seliger
Lithuania
Lithuania (Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe.
Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.
M10 highway (Russia)
The M10 "Russia" ("Россия") is a federal highway in Russia connecting the country's two largest cities, Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
See Ostashkov and M10 highway (Russia)
Maardu
Maardu (Maart) is a town and a municipality in Harju County, Estonia.
Maryovo
Maryovo (Марёво) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Maryovsky District of Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located in the south of the oblast, on the Maryovka River, a tributary of the Pola River.
Mednoye, Tver Oblast
Mednoye (Ме́дное) is a village in Kalininsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Tvertsa River, 28 km west of Tver, by the Moscow–St.Petersburg highway.
See Ostashkov and Mednoye, Tver Oblast
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, officially the Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was a non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union with a secret protocol that partitioned between them or managed the sovereignty of the states in Central and Eastern Europe: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Romania.
See Ostashkov and Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
Moscow
Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia.
Moscow Governorate
The Moscow Governorate was a province (guberniya) of the Tsardom of Russia, and the Russian Empire.
See Ostashkov and Moscow Governorate
Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity.
See Ostashkov and Neoclassicism
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (– 11 September 1971) was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and Chairman of the Council of Ministers (premier) from 1958 to 1964.
See Ostashkov and Nikita Khrushchev
NKVD
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyy komissariat vnutrennikh del), abbreviated as NKVD, was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union from 1934 to 1946.
Novgorod Governorate
Novgorod Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1727 to 1776 and from 1796 to 1927.
See Ostashkov and Novgorod Governorate
Oblast
An oblast (plural oblasts, oblasti, or rarely oblasty; Russian and oblast'; voblasc'; oblast; oblys; oblus) is a type of administrative division in Bulgaria and several post-Soviet states, including Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.
Ostashkovsky District
Ostashkovsky District (Оста́шковский райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia.
See Ostashkov and Ostashkovsky District
Ostashkovsky Uyezd
Ostashkovsky Uyezd (Осташковский уезд) was one of the subdivisions of the Tver Governorate of the Russian Empire.
See Ostashkov and Ostashkovsky Uyezd
Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'
The Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' (translit), also known as the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, is the title of the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church.
See Ostashkov and Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'
Peno, Russia
Peno (Пе́но) is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Penovsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia. Ostashkov and Peno, Russia are Ostashkovsky Uyezd.
See Ostashkov and Peno, Russia
Penovsky District
Penovsky District (Пе́новский райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia.
See Ostashkov and Penovsky District
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.
Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.
See Ostashkov and Prisoner of war
Prisoner-of-war camp
A prisoner-of-war camp (often abbreviated as POW camp) is a site for the containment of enemy fighters captured as prisoners of war by a belligerent power in time of war.
See Ostashkov and Prisoner-of-war camp
Ruskeala
Ruskeala (Рускеала) is a rural locality (a settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of republic significance of Sortavala in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
Rzhev
Rzhev (p) is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Staritsa and from Tver, on the highway and railway connecting Moscow and Riga. Ostashkov and Rzhev are cities and towns in Tver Oblast.
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.
See Ostashkov and Saint Petersburg
Selizharovo
Selizharovo (Селижа́рово) 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 Volga Rivers. Ostashkov and Selizharovo are Ostashkovsky Uyezd.
Selizharovsky District
Selizharovsky District (Селижа́ровский райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia.
See Ostashkov and Selizharovsky District
Sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
Smolensk Oblast
Smolensk Oblast (Smolenskaya oblast'), informally also called Smolenshchina (label), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast).
See Ostashkov and Smolensk Oblast
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
See Ostashkov and Soviet Union
Staritsa (town), Tver Oblast
Staritsa (Ста́рица) is a town and the administrative center of Staritsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River, from Tver, the administrative center of the oblast. Ostashkov and Staritsa (town), Tver Oblast are cities and towns in Tver Oblast.
See Ostashkov and Staritsa (town), Tver Oblast
Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam.
See Ostashkov and Steam locomotive
Stolobny Island
Stolobny Island is an island on Lake Seliger in the Tver Oblast of Russia, about north of the town of Ostashkov. Ostashkov and Stolobny Island are Ostashkovsky Uyezd.
See Ostashkov and Stolobny Island
Torzhok
Torzhok (Торжо́к) is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Tvertsa River along the federal highway M10 and a branch of the Oktyabrskaya Railway division of the Russian Railways. Ostashkov and Torzhok are cities and towns in Tver Oblast.
Town of district significance
Town of district significance is an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia.
See Ostashkov and Town of district significance
Tver
Tver (Тверь) is a city and the administrative centre of Tver Oblast, Russia. Ostashkov and Tver are cities and towns in Tver Oblast.
Tver Governorate
Tver Governorate (Tverskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 until 1929.
See Ostashkov and Tver Governorate
Tver Oblast
Tver Oblast (Tverskaya oblast') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast).
Tver Viceroyalty
Tver Viceroyalty (Tverskoye namestnichestvo) was an administrative-territorial unit (namestnichestvo) of the Russian Empire, which existed from 1775 until 1796.
See Ostashkov and Tver Viceroyalty
Ushkuyniks
The ushkuyniks (ushkuyniki, label), also spelled ushkuiniks, were medieval Novgorodian pirates who operated in the north of European Russia as well as along the Volga River until the 15th century.
Velikiye Luki
Velikiye Luki (p; lit. great meanders. Г. П. Смолицкая. "Топонимический словарь Центральной России". "Армада-Пресс", 2002 (G. P. Smolitskaya. Toponymic Dictionary of Central Russia. Armada-Press, 2002) or longbows) is a town in Pskov Oblast, Russia, located on the meandering Lovat River.
See Ostashkov and Velikiye Luki
Western Oblast
Western Oblast (Zapadnaya oblast) was an administrative-territorial unit (oblast) of the Russian SFSR from 1929 to 1937.
See Ostashkov and Western Oblast
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
See Ostashkov and World War II
See also
Cities and towns in Tver Oblast
- Andreapol
- Bely, Tver Oblast
- Bezhetsk
- Bologoye, Tver Oblast
- Kalyazin
- Kashin (town)
- Kimry
- Konakovo
- Krasny Kholm, Krasnokholmsky District, Tver Oblast
- Kuvshinovo, Kuvshinovsky District, Tver Oblast
- Likhoslavl
- Nelidovo, Nelidovsky District, Tver Oblast
- Ostashkov
- Rzhev
- Staritsa (town), Tver Oblast
- Toropets
- Torzhok
- Tver
- Udomlya
- Vesyegonsk
- Vyshny Volochyok
- Zapadnaya Dvina
- Zubtsov
Ostashkovsky Uyezd
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostashkov
Also known as Ostashkov Urban Settlement, Ostaszków, Ostaszkowo, Ostrashov.
, Steam locomotive, Stolobny Island, Torzhok, Town of district significance, Tver, Tver Governorate, Tver Oblast, Tver Viceroyalty, Ushkuyniks, Velikiye Luki, Western Oblast, World War II.