Tver Oblast, Russia Administrative center: TverAs of 2013: Number of districts(районы) 36 Number of cities and towns(города) 23 Number of urban-type settlements(посёлки городского типа) 28 Number of selsovets, rural okrugs, and rural settlements(сельсоветы, сельские округа и сельские поселения) 313As of 2002:Results of the 2002 Russian Population Census—Territory, number of districts, inhabited localities, and rural administrations of the Russian Federation by federal subject Number of rural localities(сельские населённые пункты) 9,509 Number of uninhabited rural localities(сельские населённые пункты без населения) 1,411 Administratively, Tver Oblast is divided into two urban-type settlements under the federal government management, five cities and towns of oblast significance, and thirty-six districts.
In terms of the population, the biggest administrative district is Konakovsky District (87,125 in 2010), the smallest one is Molokovsky District (5,235) and Lesnoy District (5,252).
In terms of the area, the biggest administrative district is Kalininsky District (), the smallest ones are Kesovogorsky District () and Sonkovsky District ().
Administrative divisions
Urban-type settlements under the federal government management: Ozyorny (Озёрный) Solnechny (Солнечный) Cities and towns under the oblast's jurisdiction: Tver (Тверь) (administrative center) City districts: Moskovsky (Московский) Proletarsky (Пролетарский) Tsentralny (Центральный) Zavolzhsky (Заволжский) Kimry (Кимры) Rzhev (Ржев) Torzhok (Торжок) Vyshny Volochyok (Вышний Волочёк) Districts: Andreapolsky (Андреапольский) Towns under the district's jurisdiction: Andreapol (Андреаполь) with 7 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction. Belsky (Бельский) Towns under the district's jurisdiction: Bely (Белый) with 6 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction. Bezhetsky (Бежецкий) Towns under the district's jurisdiction: Bezhetsk (Бежецк) with 13 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction. Bologovsky (Бологовский) Towns under the district's jurisdiction: Bologoye (Бологое) Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction: Kuzhenkino (Куженкино) with 9 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction. Firovsky (Фировский) Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction: Firovo (Фирово) Velikooktyabrsky (Великооктябрьский) with 3 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Kalininsky (Калининский) Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction: Orsha (Орша) Sukhoverkovo (Суховерково) Vasilyevsky Mokh (Васильевский Мох) with 15 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction. Kalyazinsky (Калязинский) Towns under the district's jurisdiction: Kalyazin (Калязин) with 4 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Kashinsky (Кашинский) Towns under the district's jurisdiction: Kashin (Кашин) with 11 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Kesovogorsky (Кесовогорский) Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction: Kesova Gora (Кесова Гора) with 6 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Kimrsky (Кимрский) Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction: Bely Gorodok (Белый Городок) with 13 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Konakovsky (Конаковский) Towns under the district's jurisdiction: Konakovo (Конаково) Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction: Izoplit (Изоплит) Kozlovo (Козлово) Novozavidovsky (Новозавидовский) Radchenko (Радченко) Redkino (Редкино) with 10 rural settlements under the district's jurisdiction. Krasnokholmsky (Краснохолмский) Towns under the district's jurisdiction: Krasny Kholm (Красный Холм) with 9 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Kuvshinovsky (Кувшиновский) Towns under the district's jurisdiction: Kuvshinovo (Кувшиново) with 12 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Lesnoy (Лесной) with 4 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Likhoslavlsky (Лихославльский) Towns under the district's jurisdiction: Likhoslavl (Лихославль) Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction: Kalashnikovo (Калашниково) with 10 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Maksatikhinsky (Максатихинский) Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction: Maksatikha (Максатиха) with 12 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Molokovsky (Молоковский) Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction: Molokovo (Молоково) with 5 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Nelidovsky (Нелидовский) Towns under the district's jurisdiction: Nelidovo (Нелидово) with 5 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Oleninsky (Оленинский) Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction: Olenino (Оленино) with 6 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Ostashkovsky (Осташковский) Towns under the district's jurisdiction: Ostashkov (Осташков) with 11 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Penovsky (Пеновский) Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction: Peno (Пено) with 6 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Rameshkovsky (Рамешковский) Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction: Rameshki (Рамешки) with 10 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Rzhevsky (Ржевский) with 8 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Sandovsky (Сандовский) Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction: Sandovo (Сандово) with 5 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Selizharovsky (Селижаровский) Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction: Selizharovo (Селижарово) with 11 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Sonkovsky (Сонковский) Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction: Sonkovo (Сонково) with 7 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Spirovsky (Спировский) Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction: Spirovo (Спирово) with 4 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Staritsky (Старицкий) Towns under the district's jurisdiction: Staritsa (Старица) with 8 rural settlements under the district's jurisdiction. Toropetsky (Торопецкий) Towns under the district's jurisdiction: Toropets (Торопец) with 11 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Torzhoksky (Торжокский) with 22 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Udomelsky (Удомельский) Towns under the district's jurisdiction: Udomlya (Удомля) with 12 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Vesyegonsky (Весьегонский) Towns under the district's jurisdiction: Vesyegonsk (Весьегонск) with 7 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction. Vyshnevolotsky (Вышневолоцкий) Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction: Krasnomaysky (Красномайский) with 14 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction. Zapadnodvinsky (Западнодвинский) Towns under the district's jurisdiction: Zapadnaya Dvina (Западная Двина) Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction: Staraya Toropa (Старая Торопа) Zharkovsky (Жарковский) Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction: Zharkovsky (Жарковский) with 5 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction. Zubtsovsky (Зубцовский) Towns under the district's jurisdiction: Zubtsov (Зубцов) with 7 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
Municipal divisions The municipal divisions of Tver Oblast are identical with its administrative divisions. All of the administrative districts of Tver Oblast are municipally incorporated as municipal districts, and the cities of oblast significance are municipally incorporated as urban okrugs.
History Before 1918 , 1708 Tsar Peter the Great issued an edict which established seven governorates.Указ об учреждении губерний и о росписании к ним городов The description of the borders of the governorates was not given; instead, their area was defined as a set of towns and the lands adjacent to those towns. The present area of Tver oblast was split between Ingermanland Governorate, which was renamed Saint Petersburg Governorate in 1710, Moscow Governorate, and Smolensk Governorate. The governorates were subdivided into uyezds, and uyezds into volosts. In 1713, Smolensk Governorate was abolished and split between Moscow and Riga Governorates; in 1726, it was re-established. In 1727, a separate Novgorod Governorate was established, and the areas within present Tver Oblast, belonging to Saint Petersburg Governorate, were transferred to Novgorod and Moscow Governorates. It was subdivided into five provinces, and the current area of Tver Oblast belonged to two of them — Tver Province and Velikiye Luki Province. The rest of the current area of the oblast belonged to Uglich Province of Moscow Governorate and Belsky Uyezd of Smolensk Governorate.
In 1775-1776, the administrative reform abolished governorates and created viceroyalties. The current area of Tver Oblast was divided between Tver, Novgorod, Pskov, and Smolensk Viceroyalties. In 1796, the viceroyalties were abolished, and transformed back into eponymous governorates.
In the 19th century, the area was divided between the following uyezds, Bezhetsky Uyezd of Tver Governorate (since 1775, the administrative center in Bezhetsk); Kashinsky Uyezd of Tver Governorate (since 1775, Kashin); Novotorzhsky Uyezd of Tver Governorate (since 1775, Torzhok); Ostashkovsky Uyezd of Tver Governorate (since 1775, Ostashkov); Rzhevsky Uyezd of Tver Governorate (since 1775, Rzhev); Staritsky Uyezd of Tver Governorate (since 1775, Staritsa); Tverskoy Uyezd of Tver Governorate (since 1775, Tver); Vyshnevolotsky Uyezd of Tver Governorate (since 1775, Vyshny Volochyok); Zubtsovsky Uyezd of Tver Governorate (since 1775, Zubtsov); Kalyazinsky Uyezd of Tver Governorate (from 1775 till 1796 and from 1803, Kalyazin) Korchevskoy Uyezd of Tver Governorate (from 1781 till 1796 and from 1803, Korcheva) Vesyegonsky Uyezd of Tver Governorate (from 1775 till 1796 and from 1803, Vesyegonsk) Valdaysky Uyezd of Novgorod Governorate (since 1770, Valday); Toropetsky Uyezd of Pskov Governorate (since 1777, Toropets); Belsky Uyezd of Smolensk Governorate (since 1708, Bely); Porechsky Uyezd of Smolensk Governorate (since 1775, Porechye).
Minor areas also belonged to Kholmsky Uyezd of Novgorod Governorate, Velizhsky Uyezd of Vitebsk Governorate, and to Myshkinsky Uyezd of Yaroslavl Governorate.
1918—1935 On 10 March 1918, Krasnokholmsky Uyezd with the center in Krasny Kholm was established. On 28 December 1918 Kimrsky Uyezd with the center of Kimry was established as well. On 25 April 1921, Vesyegonsky and Krasnokholmsky Uyezds were transferred to newly established Rybinsk Governorate. In 1921, there was some minor land exchange between Tver Governorate and Moscow and Rybinsk Governorates. On 23 February 1923, Rybinsk Governorate was abolished, and the uyezds were transferred back to Tver Governorate.
On 30 May 1922, Zubtsovsky, Kalyazinsky, and Korchevskoy Uyezds were abolished and merged into Rzhevsky, Kashinsky, and Kimrsky Uyezds, respectively.
On 1 August 1927 Novgorod and Pskov Governorates were abolished, and their uyezds were merged into newly established Leningrad Oblast, with the administrative center in Leningrad, which included the northwestern part of Russian Federation. The oblast was subdidived into 140 districts, which were grouped into nine okrugs. The areas which currently belong to Tver Oblast were grouped into Velikiye Luki Okrug with the center in Velikiye Luki.
The following districts have been established in Velikiye Luki Okrug, Bologovsky, Idritsky, Ilyinsky, Kholmsky, Kunyinsky, Leninsky, Loknyansky, Nasvinsky, Nevelsky, Novosokolnichesky, Oktyabrsky, Ostashkovsky, Penovsky, Porechyevsky, Pustoshkinsky, Rykovsky, Sebezhsky, Sovetsky, Toropetsky, Troitsky, Tsevelsky, Usmynsky, Ust-Dolyssky, Usvyatsky, Velizhsky, and Velikoluksky.
Bologovsky District was established and included into Borovichi Okrug of Leningrad Oblast.