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Toropets is a town and the administrative center of Toropetsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located where the Toropa River enters Lake Sol…
Toropets is a town and the administrative center of Toropetsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located where the Toropa River enters Lake Solomennoye. Population: 13,015 ; 14,600 ; 17,510. In 1074, when the town was first mentioned in chronicles, Toropets belonged to the Princes of Smolensk. By 1167, it was large enough to have its own princes. The most famous of its rulers was Mstislav the Bold, whose grandson Alexander Nevsky wed Alexandra of Polotsk in Toropets in 1239.
  • Country: Russia
  • Elevation: 180 m (590 ft)
  • Federal subject: Tver Oblast
  • Administrative district: Toropetsky District
  • Urban settlement: Toropets
  • First mentioned: 1074
  • Time zone: UTC+3 (MSK )

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