[not verified in body] There are also many historic towns: Torzhok, Toropets, Zubtsov, Kashin, Vyshny Volochyok, and Kalyazin.

Tver Oblast as a whole is characterized by flat terrain with alternating lowlands and highlands due to its location in the East European Plain.

In the western part of the province, occupying about one-third of its area is Valdai Hills, with elevations of 200–300 m above sea level.

The lowest point (61 m) – the extreme north-west area of the river's edge Kunya (Russian: Кунья) on the border with the Novgorod Oblast.

Minerals discovered and developed in the Tver Oblast are mainly deposits of ancient seas, lakes and swamps, and partly a consequence of glaciers (clastic rocks).

The estimated reserves of peat are 2.051 billion tonnes, representing approximately 7% of the stock of European Russia.

On an industrial scale mastered 43 peat deposits with a total area of about 300 hectares, the main exploited stocks are concentrated in five fields located in the central and southern parts of the oblast.

Distributed limestones (near the town of Bayou several centuries developed reserves of white Staritskogo stone).

Dolomitic limestones are common along rivers Vazuza, Osugi, Tsna (marble-like limestone), there are deposits of tile, brick and pottery ( refractory ) of clay and quartz sand, sapropel are numerous underground fresh water and mineral formations, and sources for the medicinal table water Kashinskaya [ru].

The average annual rainfall ranges from 560 to 720 mm, and the greatest amount of precipitation falls on the western slopes of the Valdai Hills.

[20] Ostashkov housed a NKVD prisoner-of-war camp for some 7,000 Poles, taken prisoner during the invasion of Poland at the start of World War II, 6,300 of whom were murdered in 1940 in Kalinin as part of the Katyn massacre, and buried in Mednoye.

[21][22] On 21 April 1992, the Congress of People's Deputies of Russia approved the decision of the presidium of the parliament to rename the region, amending Art.

[26] On August 23, 2023, a private jet carrying Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner Group leader, crashed in the region.

Tver Oblast has a very strong economy due to its machinery industry in the automobile and aeronautics sectors.

The Oblast has a well-developed infrastructure consisting of railway, river, motor vehicle, air, and pipeline transportation systems.

The development of navigation on the Volga river port "Tver" with a cargo jetty for boats "river-sea" with a draft of up to four meters.

[30] Vital statistics for 2022:[31][32] Total fertility rate (2022):[33] 1.30 children per woman Life expectancy (2021):[34] Total — 67.87 years (male — 62.81, female — 73.04) Ethnic composition (2021):[35] According to a 2012 survey,[37] 30% of the population of Tver Oblast adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church, 9% are unaffiliated generic Christians, and 1% are Muslims.

In addition, 34% of the population declares to be "spiritual but not religious", 20% is atheist, and 5% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.

Due to heavy casualties suffered during World War II, they vanished as a separate ethnic group from most parts of the oblast.

[39] Bolshoe Zavidovo in Tver Oblast hosts Nashestvie, the largest festival of Russian rock, since 2009.