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TORZHOK , a See also: town of See also: Russia, in the See also: government of See also: Tver, on the See also: river Tvertsa, 21 M. by See also: rail S.W. of the Likhoslavl, station of the St See also: Petersburg & Moscow railway
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Pop
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(Igloo), 15,119
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It See also: dates from the 11th century, and the name (market-place) shows that this dependency of Novgorod was a commercial centre
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It was fortified with a See also: stone
See also: wall, which only partially protected it from the attacks of See also: Mongols, See also: Lithuanians and Poles
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Torzhok is celebrated in Russia for its embroidered See also: velvet and embroidered See also: leather-See also: work, for the manufacture of travelling bags, and for its See also: trade in corn and See also: flour
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