Likhoslavl is a town and the administrative center of Likhoslavlsky District

Likhoslavlsky District

Likhoslavlsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 36 in Tver Oblast, Russia....

 of Tver Oblast

Tver Oblast

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, Russia

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, located 41 kilometres (25.5 mi) northwest of Tver

Tver

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, on the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway

Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway

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. Population:

Likhoslavl grew into a town on the spot of settlements of Ostashkovo and Likhoslavl (first mentioned in the early 19th century). It was granted town status in 1925.

Soviet

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 poet Vladimir Sokolov was born in Likhoslavl. Actress Olesya Rulin

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is also from Likhoslavl.