Two embankments

Tver (Russian: Тверь, IPA: [tvʲerʲ]) is a city and the administrative centre of Tver Oblast, Russia. Population: 414,606 (2015 est.); 403,606 (2010 Census); 408,903 (2002 Census); 450,941 (1989 Census). It is 180 kilometres (110 mi) northwest of Moscow.Tver was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and a model provincial town in the Russian Empire, with a population of 60,000 on 14 January 1913.

Tver State Medical University (Russian: Тверской государственный медицинский Университет , Tverskoy gosudarstvennii medicinskiy Universitet, abbreviated TverSMU) is one of the oldest and leading educational institutions in Russia. Today it is a large research, scientific and educational center.

The Tver Oblast Duma (Russian: Законодательное собрание Тверской области) is the regional parliament of that federal subject of Russia.

Tver River Terminal or Tverskoy rechnoy vokzal (Russian: Тверской речной вокзал) is a partially destroyed passenger terminal of river transport in Tver. It is situated at the confluence of the Volga and Tvertsa rivers, on the left bank of the Volga, just near the river mouth of Tvertsa.The construction began in 1935, near the site of the demolished Otroch Uspensky Monastery, and was completed by 1938.