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The toponymic system of Tver region

Names of settlements

Tver Oblast is a unique natural and cultural territory in the center of the Russian valley, the great divide of the Caspian, Black, and Baltic seas. Toponymics of this place gives a key to the history of this territory as a part of Eurasia, including the ancient Finnish population, the Slavonic colonization of the region in the second half of the first millennium A.D., etc. This dictionary includes the local names of all settlements on the territory of this oblast in accordance with local tradition of spelling and pronunciation. It is a valuable source on historical geography and history of language. Summary in English.