Ostashkov (Russian: Оста́шков) is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia, 199 km west of Tver. It sits on a peninsula at the southern shore of Lake Seliger, one of the purest lakes of Europe. Population: 20,660 (2002 Census). Tver Oblast (Russian: Тверска́я о́бласть) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Tvers coat of arms depicts grand ducal crown placed on a throne. ... Seliger (Russian: Селигер) is a lake in Novgorod and Tver Oblasts of Russia, in the northwest of the Valdai Hills, a part of the Volga basin. ... Russian Census of 2002 (Russian: ) was the first census of Russian Federation carried out on October 9, 2002. ...

Nilov Monastery is situated on an island in Lake Seliger. The photo was taken by Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii in 1910. For comparison with modern views of the same places in Ostashkov, click here.

The island of Klichen was first mentioned in a letter sent by Grand Duke Algirdas of Lithuania to the Patriarch of Constantinople in 1371. After the island was pillaged by Novgorod pirates several years later, two of Klichen's surviving inhabitants, Ostashko and Timofey, moved to the mainland, where they founded the villages Ostashkovo and Timofeevo, respectively. The former belonged to the Moscow Patriarchs, and the latter - to the Joseph Volokolamsk Monastery. In 1770, both villages were merged into the town of Ostashkov. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 571 KB) Early color photograph from Russia, created by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii as part of his work to document the Russian Empire from 1909 to 1915. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 571 KB) Early color photograph from Russia, created by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii as part of his work to document the Russian Empire from 1909 to 1915. ... Seliger (Russian: Селигер) is a lake in Novgorod and Tver Oblasts of Russia, in the northwest of the Valdai Hills, a part of the Volga basin. ... Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (August 31, 1863 – September 27, 1944) (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Прокудин-Горский) devoted his career to the advancement of... Columns of Gediminas Algirdas (approximate English transcription [ˈaːl(É™).gır. ... The Patriarch of Constantinople is the Ecumenical Patriarch, ranking as the first among equals in the Eastern Orthodox communion. ... The ushkuiniks (Russian: ушкуйники) were medieval Novgorodian pirates who led the Viking-like life of fighting, killing, and robbery. ... The following is a list of Russian Orthodox metropolitans of Moscow and Patriarchs of Moscow and all Russia along with when they served: // Metropolitans Maximus (1283-1305) Peter (1308-1326) Theognostus (1328-1353) Alexius (1354-1378) Cyprian (1381-1382), (1390-1406) Pimen (1382-1384) Dionysius I (1384-1385) Photius (1408... Joseph Volokolamsk Monastery (Иосифо-Волоколамский монастырь, Волоцкий Успенский Иосифов монастырь in Russian) is a male monastery, located 17 km northeast of Volokolamsk, Moscow Oblast. ...

Ostashkov is commonly regarded as one of the finest Russian provincial towns. Its main streets were laid out in Neoclassical style after the plans of Ivan Starov (1772). Local landmarks include the Ascension Church (1689), the Trinity Cathedral (1697), the Monastery of the Sign (1673, 1730s, 1880s), and the mid-18th century Zhitnyi Cloister. There is also a fanciful column erected by people of Ostashkov in 1787 to mark a spot where a wooden fort (1587) used to stand. The town's pleasant architecture and attractive setting by the lake combine to make Ostashkov one of the most popular resorts in Western Russia. Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture. ... Demidov chateau in Taitsy near Gatchina, 1770s. ...

The well known Nilov Monastery is located on Stolbnyi Island, about 10 km north from Ostashkov. It was the place where the Ostashkov Special Camp of the NKVD was located and where roughly 6,300 Polish policemen and prisoners of war were kept prior to their execution in Tver, known as the Katyn massacre. Nilov Monastery is situated on Stolbnyi Island in Lake Seliger. ... Nilov Monastery is situated on Stolbnyi Island in Lake Seliger. ... The NKVD (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del )(Russian: НКВД, Народный комиссариат внутренних дел) or Peoples Commisariat for Internal Affairs was a government department which handled a number of the Soviet Unions affairs of state. ... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ... Tvers coat of arms depicts grand ducal crown placed on a throne. ... Mass graves at Katyn war cemetery. ...

External links

• Map of Lake Seliger
• History and monuments of Ostashkov
• Tourism in Ostashkov (in Russian)
• Web site of Ostashkov
• Photos of Ostaskhov in 1910 and 2003
• Satellite photo via Google Maps

	Cities and towns in Tver Oblast
	Administrative center: Tver Andreapol | Bezhetsk | Bely | Bologoye | Kalyazin | Kashin | Kimry | Konakovo | Krasny Kholm | Kuvshinovo | Likhoslavl | Nelidovo | Ostashkov | Rzhev | Staritsa | Torzhok | Toropets | Udomlya | Vesyegonsk | Vyshny Volochyok | Zapadnaya Dvina | Zubtsov Image File history File links Coat_of_Arms_of_Tver_oblast. ... Tver Oblast (Russian: Тверска́я о́бласть) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Tvers coat of arms depicts grand ducal crown placed on a throne. ... Andreapol (Russian: Андреаполь) is a town in Tver Oblast in Russia, located in the upper reaches of the Western Dvina River. ... Bezhetsk (Russian: Бежецк) is a town in Tver Oblast in Russia, located on the Mologa River at its confluence with the Ostrechina River. ... Coat of arms of Bely Bely (Russian: ) is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia, situated on the Obsha River, about halfway between Smolensk (to the west), Toropets (to the north), and Rzhev (to the south-east). ... Coat of arms of Bologoye Bologoye or Bologoe (Russian: ) is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia, the administrative centre of Bologovsky District and a major railway hub. ... Kalyazin (Russian: ) is a small town in Tver Oblast, Russia. ... A church in the center of Kashin. ... Kimry (Russian: Кимры) is a town in Tver Oblast in Russia, located on the Volga River, at its confluence with the Kimerka River. ... Konakovo (Russian: ) is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia. ... Coat of Arms of Krasny Kholm Krasny Kholm (Russian: , meaning Red Hill) is a town in the north-east of Tver Oblast, Russia. ... Kuvshinovo (Russian: ) is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Osuga River, 133 km away from Tver. ... Likhoslavl (Russian: ) is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia, located 41 km northwest of Tver, on the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway. ... Nelidovo (Russian: ) is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia, located in the Valdai Hills on the Mezha River (Western Dvinas tributary) 276 km southwest of Tver. ... Rzhev is the uppermost town situated on the Volga river. ... View of Staritsa in 2002. ... General view of the town in the 1910s. ... Toropets (Торопец in Russian) is a town of 14,600 inhabitants (2002 census) in the Tver Oblast (extreme western Russia), where the tiny Toropa River enters Lake Solomeno. ... Category:Cities_and_Towns_in_Russia Town in Tver oblast, centre of administrative district. ... Vesyegonsk (Весьего́нск) is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia. ... Memorial to Alexey Venetsianov in Vyshny Volochyok Vyshny Volochyok (Russian: ) is a town in Tver Oblast of Russia. ... The town of Zubtsov as photographed by Prokudin-Gorskii. ...

Coordinates: 57°09′″N, 33°06′″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...