Kimry
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Kimry (Russian: Кимры) is a town in the south of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located at , on the Volga River, at its confluence with the Kimerka River, 133 km east of Tver. Population: 53,650 (2002 Census); 61,800 (1992 est.).
[edit] History
Kimry was first documentally mentioned in 1546, as a busy shoemaking and trade village of the left bank of the Volga (a shoe appears of the town's coat of arms). The right-bank part of Kimry, known as Savyolovo, started to develop in 1901, when a railway connected the place to Moscow. Kimry was granted the status of town in 1917. A number of old wooden buildings and churches still present in Kimry.
Kimry is the birthplace of Russian writer Alexander Fadeyev.
There are theories[weasel word] on whether the name Kimry is related to the Cimbri (a proto-Germanic tribe) as the town actually lies along the general path the Cimbri tribes might have travelled some time before 100 BCE on their way towards the south.
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| Image:Coat of Arms of Tver oblast.png | Cities and towns in Tver Oblast | Image:Flag of Russia.svg |
| 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 |
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