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Korchevskoy Uyezd (Корчевской уезд) was one of the
subdivisions of the Tver
Governorate of the
Russian Empire. It was
situated in the
eastern part of...
- 1803,
three more
uyezds were established:
Kalyazinsky Uyezd (Kalyazin),
Korchevskoy Uyezd (Korcheva), and
Vesyegonsky Uyezd (Vesyegonsk). In 1918, Krasnokholmsky...
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Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev (Russian: Андрей Николаевич Туполев; 10 November [O.S. 29 October] 1888 – 23
December 1972) was a
Russian and
later Soviet...
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Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin (Russian: Михаил Иванович Калинин, IPA: [kɐˈlʲinʲɪn] ; 19 November [O.S. 7 November] 1875 – 3 June 1946) was a
Soviet politician...
- the
empress Catherine II.
Korcheva was the
administrative center of
Korchevskoy Uyezd, one of the
uyezds of Tver
Viceroyalty and subsequently, from 1803...
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Vladimir Fyodorovich Minorsky (Russian: Владимир Фёдорович Минорский; 5 February [O.S. 24 February] 1877 – 25
March 1966) was a
White Russian academic...
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Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Фаде́ев; 24 December [O.S. 11 December] 1901 – 13 May 1956) was a
Soviet writer, one...
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Pyotr Nikolayevich Pospelov (Russian: Пётр Никола́евич Поспе́лов; 20 June [O.S. 8 June] 1898 – 22 April, 1979) was a high-ranked
functionary of the Communist...
- on the
lands which previously belonged to
Korchevskoy and
Kalyazinsky Uyezds. On May 30, 1922
Korchevskoy Uyezd was
abolished and
merged into Kimrsky...
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Kimry (Russian: Ки́мры),
formerly Kimra (Кимра), is a town in the
south of Tver Oblast, Russia,
located on the
Volga River at its
confluence with the Kimrka...
