Rzhev
Rzhev is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia, located 49 kilometers southwest of Staritsa and 126 kilometers from Tver, on the highway and railway connecting Moscow and Riga.
- Type: Town with 60,300 residents
- Description: town in Tver Oblast in central Russia
- Also known as: “Reschovia”, “Rjév”, “Rjxev”, “Ršev”, “Rshev”, “Rshew”, “Rzev”, “Ржэва”, and “熱澤夫”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Church of the Protection of the Theotokos (Rzhev) and Obelisk to liberators of Rzhev.
Экспозиция «Калининский фронт. Август 1943 года»
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Полунино.
Rzhev
- Categories: administrative divisions of Russia, city or town, and locality
- Location: Tver Oblast, Central Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.2565° or 56° 15′ 24″ north
Longitude
34.3286° or 34° 19′ 43″ east
Population
60,300
Elevation
181 metres (594 feet)
UN/LOCODE
RU RZV
Open location code
9G8P784H+JF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Rzhev” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رجيف”
- Armenian: “Ռժև”
- Azerbaijani: “Rjev”
- Azerbaijani: “Rjov”
- Belarusian: “Ржэў”
- Bulgarian: “Ржев”
- Catalan: “Rjev”
- Cebuano: “Rzhev”
- Chechen: “Ржев”
- Chinese: “勒热夫”
- Chinese: “勒熱夫”
- Chuvash: “Ржев”
- Crimean Tatar: “Rjev”
- Czech: “Ržev”
- Dimli (individual language): “Rzhev”
- Dutch: “Rzjev”
- Esperanto: “Rĵev”
- Esperanto: “Rĵevo”
- Estonian: “Ržev”
- Finnish: “Räsevä”
- Finnish: “Ržev”
- French: “Rjev”
- Georgian: “რჟევი”
- German: “Rschew”
- Greek: “Ρζεφ”
- Hawaiian: “Elūew (kūlanakauhale)”
- Hebrew: “רז’ב”
- Hebrew: “רזב”
- Hungarian: “Rzsev”
- Italian: “Ržev”
- Japanese: “ルジェフ”
- Korean: “르제프”
- Ladin: “Rjev”
- Latin: “Rescovia”
- Latvian: “Rževa”
- Lithuanian: “Rževas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rzhev”
- Moksha: “Ржэв”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rzjev”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rzjev”
- Norwegian: “Rzjev”
- Ossetian: “Ржев”
- Persian: “رژف”
- Polish: “Rżew”
- Portuguese: “Rjev”
- Romanian: “Rjev”
- Russian: “Ржев”
- Serbian: “Ržev”
- Serbian: “Ржев”
- Slovak: “Ržev”
- Slovenian: “Ržev”
- South Azerbaijani: “رژف”
- Spanish: “Rzhev”
- Swedish: “Rzjev”
- Tagalog: “Rzhev”
- Talysh: “Ržev”
- Tatar: “Ржев”
- Turkish: “Rjev”
- Ukrainian: “Ржев”
- Upper Sorbian: “Ržew”
- Urdu: “رژیو”
- Uzbek: “Rjev”
- Veps: “Ržev”
- Vietnamese: “Rzhev”
- Waray (Philippines): “Rzhev”
- Welsh: “Rzhev”
- Western Panjabi: “رژیف”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Семь Ветров and Склад 40.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Клуб железнодорожников and Администрация города Ржева.
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