Zapadnaya Dvina

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For the river of the same name, see Daugava.

Zapadnaya Dvina (Russian: За́падная Двина́) is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Western Dvina River, 321 km southwest of Tver. Population: 10,212 (2002 Census); 11,556 (1989 Census).

It was founded in 1900 as a settlement servicing the railroad station of the same name. It received status of work settlement in 1927 and town status in 1937.

	Cities and towns in Tver Oblast
	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