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Tver (Province of Russia surrounded)

a province of Russia, surrounded by the pr Jaroslav, Vladimir, Moscow, Smolensk, and Pskov; area, 24,975 square miles; pop. about 2,500,000. chonski Forest, a range of thickly wooded limestone hills in the W., offsets rundrained by the Volga and its affluents. ning between lakes and swamps intersect The Volga is connected with the Msta by almost the whole of Tver. In the Tichvinka and Sias, which run into Lake Ladoga. There are 100 lakes in Tver, of which the largest are Seliger, Ochvat- Shadenje, and Steresh. One-fourth of the surface is forest. Potatoes and Ostashkov district are the headwaters the Mologa and the Tichvin canal with the of the Volga, Düna, and Msta. Tver is flax are increasingly cultivated. The chief occupations are the cutting and floating of wood, and the preparation of Tichvinka and Sias, which run into Lake of which the largest are Seliger, Ochvat- Shadenje, and Steresh.

One-fourth of The the surface is forest. Potatoes and flax are increasingly cultivated. tar, pitch, and turpentine. chief occupations are the cutting and floating of wood, and the preparation of